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Govt invests $67m in Hawke's Bay Hospital upgrades

The radiology department will be upgraded, and a new cancer treatment machine added.

'Significant clinical risk': Dargaville Hospital rostered overnight doctor only five out of 55 nights

A senior Northland doctor is worried about a lack of medical staff.

Medical imaging now more accessible in Bay of Plenty

A new medical imaging clinic is now open in Tauranga.

‘Postcode lottery’: Audit probes surgery access disparities

Health NZ will be audited due to soaring surgery wait lists.

'This is going to kill someone': Midwife's fear after maternity service 'downgrading'

Higher-risk births were sent to a hospital more than an hour away after specialists quit.

Dug down, walls now rising for $400m Mount Maunganui retirement village

A giant sandpile sits at the centre of the site where perimeter walls have been built.

‘Heartbreaking’: Recently graduated enrolled nurses unable to find jobs

Nearly 200 graduated last year, but only 68 have found jobs.

New Health Minister: Health NZ executive will have to change

Dr Shane Reti lost the portfolio in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's reshuffle.

Ozempic ‘could help patients with Alzheimer’s’

Experts believe role of the medication in reducing inflammation in the body is key.

Stretched maternity system facing job and service cuts

Health NZ has proposed getting rid of national maternity and early years programme.

Frustrated staff lament ‘unbearable’ conditions at Nelson Hospital

One worker says the building is decrepit and falling down around them.

A way forward: Progress in reopening Wairoa aged care facility

Call for the Government to ensure the town gets elderly/respite care facility.

Pregnant women forced to travel 87km for emergency C-sections due to maternity care shortage

Some in the community were 'devastated' by the change, which will begin in mid-January.

Leaked document warns cyber risks with IT staff cuts at Health NZ

Mass IT layoffs could prolong outages, impacting patient care, a risk register warns.

Auckland hospital staff criticise 'nightmare' new $95m IT system causing treatment delays

'Teething issues' are to be expected with any large-scale IT overhaul, the hospital says.

Opinion: We're critically short of nurses - why do we make it so hard for students like me?

OPINION: My path to nursing has been shaped by my own journey as a patient.