Latest from Health and Disability Commissioner

Opinion: Māori and Pasifika are disproportionately represented in mental illness statistics

Shaqaila Uelese: We rarely talked about mental health growing up.

Doctor asks mum if Down syndrome baby should be resuscitated

The woman was 'shocked' at the implications of the doctor's comment.

'Protuding from the socket': Man loses eye amid hospital's 'poor' post-op care

'Avoidable communication breakdowns' deprived the man of the urgent care he needed.

‘That terrible day’: Woman who lost both legs fighting to ensure medical error doesn't happen again

Ruth Johnston has had to relearn how to crawl so that she can do her gardening.

Plastic consumables used in the cataracts procedures could be recycled and repurposed

Kiwi eye surgeons pioneer world leading waste initiative

'Unwelcome': Dying woman's family refused visit at retirement village

The woman was shocked to see her mother with a blackened tongue and in pain.

Woman with known allergy dies from anaphlyaxis after being given penicillin

Five checks for an allergy before prescribing and administering antibiotics were missed.

'I could just see her blood pressure drop': Son's final moments with dying mum

Now, 13 years on, a coroner will decide how Carmen Walker died during a medical procedure.

Disabled man dies in hospital choking on food after nurses fail to follow pureed diet plan

The man was given a meal of chicken and vegetables despite being on a pureed diet.

Hospital disposed of potential evidence in patient death case

Blood drained during the procedure was thrown away with other disposable waste.

'Decade of poor performance': Damning review of Hawke’s Bay radiology department, staff ‘exhausted’

Health NZ has released a report after being castigated by a whistleblower.

'Tears on his cheeks': Cause of patient death still haunts family, doctor

The doctor who blew the whistle on a hospital death claims the case was covered up.

Treatment for man who died of lung cancer delayed in error

A man died of lung cancer after a mass on his lung was found but not followed up.

Midwifery failings: Baby took 14 minutes to take her first breath

The newborn suffered a head injury that could have a profound impact on her life.

Rob Campbell: Te Aka Whai Ora review not all bad news for Māori

OPINION: The Te Aka Whai Ora review report should be read in its entirety.

Patient injured during op after surgeon failed to read her notes

'Other women that go for surgeries should know what he’s done.'