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'Deep cuts': Hundreds of health IT jobs to be axed

IT workers in healthcare are being told this week if their jobs are being disestablished.

'Stretched' health system 'getting quietly worse' - striking anaesthetist

He says he works 'well in excess' of his contract and the hospital faces staff shortages.

Letters: High praise for hospital staff; should Super be means-tested?

OPINION: Super must be means-tested and strictly based on assessed need.

'Every life matters': Covid inquiry urges last-minute public input

Chairman Grant Illingworth urges sharing experiences to get a fuller pandemic picture.

Shane Te Pou: Pay the doctors what they're worth

OPINION: One in eight senior doctor positions are currently vacant in New Zealand.

Health NZ paid for Margie Apa to do governance course as she was leaving the role

The Health NZ Te Whatu Ora chief executive announced her resignation in February.

Letters: Health system announcement may be piecemeal repairs

OPINION: It sounds really good – until you look at the details.

'Nonsense' blood service being offered at string of clinics around New Zealand

'There is zero science to it,' says one health leader.

Prabani Wood: Failing to get frontline healthcare right has a huge cost

Every dollar invested in primary care saves around $13 on post-primary healthcare.

Primary healthcare spend flatlines and plans for another Auckland hospital | NZ Herald News Update

Public primary healthcare spending has flatlined and Health Minister Simeon Brown announces plans for a second South Auckland hospital. Video/ NZ Herald

Editorial: One specialist goes on leave and the health system cracks appear

OPINION: Our health system, including children's palliative care, has been neglected.

‘I am deeply sorry’: Man developed terminal cancer after experts missed signs for five years

'Several different clinicians involved in [his] care failed to identify the abnormality.'

Fears for dying kids as the country’s only specialist takes extended leave

General paediatricians were asked to fill the role but lacked training.

Ex-convict promoted ‘bogus’ blood detox, seen with patients in Auckland clinic

A health expert described the treatments as 'quackery'.

Botched: Cancer patient still seeks answers after surgeon removes wrong lung

Ian Tollemache wants an explanation of how a surgery mistake happened.

Heathrow Airport on fire, Western Springs Speedway revs up for a final lap | NZ Herald News Update

Heathrow Airport is closed due to a fire breaking out. PM Luxon has touched back down on home soil after a productive trip to India. Western Springs Speedway closes its doors.