
Health NZ criticised after misread smears allowed cancer to spread
Pippa van Paauwe’s smear tests were incorrectly assessed as normal, two consecutive times.
Pippa van Paauwe’s smear tests were incorrectly assessed as normal, two consecutive times.
Luxon has just returned to New Zealand after his first political visit to the US.
Some say the changes should have come sooner, while others say it will cause direct harm.
A health official said Government changes would be 'difficult to explain... to the kids'.
The milestone comes as the Government plans to lower the screening age.
A Herald survey found wait times of 6-12 months, and many doctors with closed books.
Jason Tuitama told police: 'I know I shouldn't have driven; I've drunk too much.'
But it remains unclear how the South Auckland surgical error happened.
The stress of being a doctor is so bad 'nobody wants to do it' Jeff Kai Fong says.
Psychiatrist was caring for more than 300 patients at Kāpiti Mental Health Clinic.
Adored son and brother William Jones was fit and healthy before the sudden illness.
Clark's family collected aluminium cans to sell as scrap for his medicine.
'I think it is really inappropriate … I find the letter disturbing,' says expert.
A few years after losing her son to suicide, she noticed fatigue. Then came the diagnosis.
The Government has fulfilled its pre-election promise to fund new cancer drugs.
Specific treatments for bowel, liver, kidney, lung and bladder cancer have been named.
Doctors had job applications paused at the reference-checking stage, or delayed for weeks.
A mum shares her family's battle with some rare conditions.
A heavily pregnant woman and her stillborn child died in February 2022.
Health NZ says regional forums will approve recruitment 'where appropriate'.
David Seymour's comments put him at odds with the Health Minister.
One pharmacy had a waiting list of 80 patients, who were only able to get a week's supply.
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
Chief executive Margie Apa said filling vacancies had caused an overspend.
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
In 2020, 472 people made claims for rongoā healing. In 2023, 6103 did.
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
The post-menopausal woman had been bleeding on and off for five years.
OPINION: The Pharmac model has done irreparable damage.