Latest from Health NZ Te Whatu Ora

‘Gay blood ban’ removal would triple number of blood donors, study says

NZ Blood Service is scrapping "discriminatory" rules which stop many gay men from donating

'Out of control': Numbers waiting too long for specialist appointments reach 60,000

The number of people waiting too long for surgery and treatment is also growing.

Bullied health worker says Worksafe findings were like 'having a knife twisted'

"Very poor workplace culture": 11 people reported inappropriate behaviour by the manager.

ACC told to reconsider woman’s injury claim after suicide attempt linked to medication

The medication 'likely played a material role' in the woman attempting suicide.

Cot death: Baby may have been saved if Oranga Tamariki had helped with bedding, says coroner

Silongo Mafi, 3 months old, died while sharing a bed with his mother.

Police are investigating a gang-on-gang assault at Christchurch Hospital emergency department

The fight broke out in the waiting room around 8.15pm.

What does a new Government mean for assisted dying in New Zealand?

A more conservative Cabinet may make it more difficult to broaden the law.

'My body's falling to bits': Woman pleads 'let me die'

Currently the end-of-life legislation is only an option for people who are terminally ill.

Fifth Covid wave hits new high in NZ as Govt looks at ending free RATs

OPINION: Covid-19 levels have surged to their highest levels since NZ's fifth wave began.

Health Minister gets official advice on 'appropriate expansion' of free cervical cancer testing

The 'co-payments' most women make to be screened could soon be scrapped.

Youth clinician who took his own life increasingly distressed at work

WorkSafe found a 'very poor workplace culture' at the DHB after a clinician's suicide.

How a teen saved his granddad's life after a heart attack – and the app that could save your loved one

What was done to save Stuart Jones' life could lift falling cardiac arrest survival rates.

Quest for a vaccine to fight rheumatic fever - a disease that kills and maims hundreds of Kiwis

The race to develop the world-first vaccine, and why it's so badly needed here.

Family fuming after mother fractures legs at North Shore hospital

Aletta Langeveldt, 71, had pneumonia but left with two fractured legs.

Exclusive: Memo reveals crisis facing hospital ICU

The Herald has obtained a memo indicating the tertiary status of the ICU was at stake.

Key Te Aka Whai Ora board member leaving role

Awerangi Tamihere is resigning from the Māori Health Authority.

Huge Middlemore ED demand: Plea for patients with ‘threats to life or limb’ only

The plea comes as new data shows large numbers are going to EDs and facing longer delays.

'Enslavement': Anti-vaxxer confronts judge at court bench, dragged by security

He argued 'just because people say the Earth is round, it doesn't mean that it is'.