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Health Minister Simeon Brown announces nurse training, tertiary education funding boost

Boost includes $34.2m for 120 nurse practitioner training places in primary care.

‘Yoga impacted by construction noise’: Arvida’s $50m+ fix-up irks some

Arvida is spending $50m+ on the main hub and apartments at its Mayfair retirement village.

Nurses, social workers working as receptionists as ‘back office’ public sector cuts bite

Government assurances cuts would not affect the front line were false, the PSA said.

Cecilia Robinson: Why extending prescriptions to 12 months will be a good thing

OPINION: Extending prescriptions to 12 months will free up resources.

Hospital sends info about sex abuse victim in hiding from gang-linked offender to stranger

The woman went to hospital but her discharge papers were sent to a stranger by mistake.

Summerset may ban non-residents receiving care in its hospitals

Summerset has 28 villages with hospital and resthome-level care.

'Might require self-defence classes': Retailers have mixed feelings on new Govt crime measures

'Usually, shoplifters just come, take what they want, and walk away.'

Firefighters with wrong gear burned by sulphuric acid - report

Two firefighters wearing incorrect safety gear suffered burns.

Wairoa’s diabetes patients get long-awaited podiatry care

New podiatry service brings relief to Wairoa residents battling diabetes.

Five-year-old boy dies following explosion in hyperbaric oxygen chamber

His mother, standing next to the chamber when it ignited, suffered injuries to her arms.

Fears older people being let down by Dunedin Hospital revamp

The Government confirmed the new Dunedin Hospital will open with 351 beds.

Letters: The folly of relying on private healthcare; Trumpism in NZ politics

OPINION: Once lost, our wonderful public health system can never be recovered.

Govt invests $67m in Hawke's Bay Hospital upgrades

The radiology department will be upgraded, and a new cancer treatment machine added.

‘Gay blood ban’ to be removed next year, blood donor service says

The blanket ban on donations by gay and bisexual men is being scrapped.

'Significant clinical risk': Dargaville Hospital rostered overnight doctor only five out of 55 nights

A senior Northland doctor is worried about a lack of medical staff.

Medical imaging now more accessible in Bay of Plenty

A new medical imaging clinic is now open in Tauranga.