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Minister announces law changes to focus health system on results
Govt set to introduce legislation for 'improving health outcomes' in the coming weeks.
Watch: Auckland mum-of-six dies in ED after failing three times to get help
Pamela Rasmussen, 40, died after trying three times to get help at hospital.
How brisk walking could transform cancer recovery outcomes
Study shows 90.3% of exercisers survived, compared with 83.2% in a control group.
‘Devastated’ mum believes son had allergic reaction before death
Riley Brown, 24, died after a suspected allergic reaction on June 1.
Awanui Labs scraps plan to send Auckland’s blood tests to Wellington
Company has been sending 250 blood samples daily to Wellington by road and air freight.
Opinion: Here are 4 ways to make your home feel warmer this winter
New Zealand faces its first major cold snap of 2025, stressing chilly homes.
How Covid changed the way we view sick leave and workplace health
Experts suggest calling in sick is often the best approach.
Cancer campaigner dies after eight-year battle
'An ambassador, advocate, incredible fundraiser and friend.'
UK teens face two-hour cap on social media
Teens could be blocked from social media after 10pm and during school.
Letters: Confusing world for young men and women
OPINION: It's a confusing world for young men and women.
Fears for future of youth blood donations after 25% plummet since Covid
The blood service lost access to schools and universities – its key recruitment grounds.
'Overloaded': GPs, clinics struggle as flu and Covid cases rise
GP shortages prompt more patients to use emergency departments for care.
'Deeply worrying': Urgent call for whooping cough jabs
More than 30 people have been hospitalised in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes since last year.
More than half of NZ vape products mislabelled, study reveals
Most mislabelled vapes had significantly less nicotine than promised.
$51m boost for forensic mental health services
Health Minister Matt Doocey announced the four-year funding increase at Waikato Hospital.
Property Insider: Rich-lister biggest owner of hospital expanded in $190m project; Manukau Supa Centa deal
He backed $190m 'surgery' to expand NZ's largest private hospital. Why and who is he?
Mental health facility with crisis beds opens in Hastings
Waiorua should help to ease pressure on Hawke's Bay emergency departments.
NZ's smokefree 2025 ambitions ‘up in smoke’, health group claims
'We’re just chasing a new kind of addiction and calling it progress.'
Healthcare turf war: The tussle for public funds in the business of general practice
Family practice funding feud: a fight for public money.
Health NZ approves company's bid to become its own primary health organisation
About 80,000 enrolled patients will move to the new Health NZ contract by July 1.
RFK Jr proposes barring govt-funded research from top medical journals
The US Secretary of Health says the Lancet is under control of pharmaceutical companies.
Former doctor and TVNZ presenter fined for claiming HIV doesn’t exist
The tribunal would have cancelled her registration if it hadn’t already done so.
NZ's largest cannabis firms propose merger amid industry challenges
Three major NZ cannabis firms plan to merge into Helius Health by June.
$40m upgrade for Wellington Hospital ED, more beds added
ICU expansion is set for 2027, and the new ED is to be operational by 2029.
Stroke and road crash victims being treated in corridors, says ED doctor
She says little has changed since last winter, which was 'brutal' for staff and patients.
'Putting lives at risk': The barriers facing Māori from getting immunised
Māori vaccination rates lag behind European children in Bay of Plenty and Lakes.
Health Minister intervenes as ministry reduces posting on social site X
Simeon Brown said it makes no sense not to use X, formerly Twitter, to reach people.