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'Death sentence' living in NZ: Mum paying $180k for surgery in Germany

'If we didn’t go ... within the next five years I’ll die.'

Letters: PM's integrity on line over cancer drugs U-turn

OPINION: 'Cancer patients need action now, not lame excuses.'

Cancer patients dubious Govt will deliver on promise to fund new drugs

The promise of 'soon' is 'not good enough for people who are dying', a patient says.

Editorial: Cancer patients promised access to medicines shouldn't have to wait

OPINION: Patients – and families, friends and carers – are unlikely to forget the slight.

Watch: Jack Tame v Nicola Willis in heated post-Budget debate on Q+A

Willis was probed over why the Nats didn't campaign on how many families were worse off.

Business case for Waikato medical school not expected until 2025

Earlier this month, the uni began demolishing the old and vacant B Block for the school.

Whanganui doctors strike for third time in a month

'Junior doctors work 32 hours in a 48-hour period over the weekend.'

Trainee doctor started medical procedure without anaesthetic: 'Most horrific pain'

The woman screamed as she felt the electrically surging wire “cut through her cervix”.

Health shuttle fills up after word gets around

Maori and Pacific people live seven years fewer than those of European heritage.

Zippy EV ambulance tackles health of the planet, first in Hamilton and NZ

The electric ambulance can go from 0-100km/h in nine seconds.

Editorial: We will remember them - but is that enough?

OPINION: We must do more than just remember them.

'Safer at home'? Dad who went to rest home for respite care died after a fall

Family: 'We have suffered a lot over the past four and a half years, blaming ourselves'.

'I can’t be the mother that I could be': Mum, 27, fights incurable cancer

'All of a sudden I can’t [play with him] and he doesn’t understand why.'

'Impasse': Doctors vote to strike after pay offer rejected

Union members rejected the offers and voted to strike for 25 hours from May 7.

Rising number of cancer screening samples binned because of transit delays

One family said they hand-delivered a sample to the post office and it still arrived late.

Te Whatu Ora limits replacing sick staff to save money

Health NZ has put limits on double shifts and replacing sick staff to save costs.