New ZealandHospital laundries also facing overhaulHospital laundry services will be overhauled along with production of patient meals in a bid to save millions of dollars, and job losses are not being ruled out.11 Apr 06:06 AM
New ZealandRyall: Hospital meal quality paramountThe Government is refusing to say how many jobs could be lost in a proposed overhaul of the provision of hospital meals that would save up to $175 million over 15 years.10 Apr 08:07 PM
New ZealandHospital kitchens not closing - MinisterHealth Minister Tony Ryall has rejected Labour Party claims that the Government is planning to close 50 hospital kitchens.10 Apr 05:53 AM
New ZealandDoors slam on smokersNew Zealand's largest hospitals are asking job applicants to disclose whether they smoke.16 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionKerre McIvorKerre McIvor: Hospital rest just a pipe dreamThere have been times, and I know it's a little weird, when I have been so overwhelmed with work, travel and obligations that I yearn for a nice, quiet hospital bed.09 Mar 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: A&E targets lift efficiency but should never ruleThe results of the Government's target for 95 per cent of patients to be admitted to a ward, discharged or transferred within six hours have been largely rewarding.03 Mar 04:50 PM
New Zealand'Tough cookie' puts on brave faceA mother has told of the moment she saw her 8-year-old son lying under his motorbike with a large branch sticking out of his thigh.27 Feb 06:40 AM
New ZealandWhooping cough epidemic spreadsMore than half the number of whooping cough cases in Western Bay of Plenty have involved adults who have unwittingly helped spread the disease to epidemic proportions.25 Feb 06:50 AM
New ZealandParamedic retires after 48 yearsTauranga's longest serving paramedic has decided to call it a day after a 48-year association with St John.21 Feb 04:04 AM
New ZealandHospital hunt for missing monkeySergeant Wayne Hunter has issued a missing person's notice at Tauranga Hospital for an unlikely character - a toy monkey named Dr Fitz.19 Feb 06:53 AM
New ZealandNew norovirus strain linked to NZ deathA new, highly infectious strain of the norovirus stomach bug that has hit New Zealand has been linked to a death in Northland.25 Jan 05:01 AM
New ZealandNew strain behind norovirus illnessesA new and deadly strain was behind most of the norovirus illnesses that affected dozens of people throughout New Zealand late last year.22 Jan 10:14 PM
New ZealandKiwis warned about deadly norovirusKiwis are being urged to take health precautions to prevent infection from a deadly strain of norovirus, which has already reached New Zealand.15 Jan 08:25 PM
New ZealandNZ braces for deadly fluMedical experts in New Zealand are bracing themselves for the arrival of a deadly flu that is sweeping the US which has already killed 20 children.15 Jan 04:22 AM
New ZealandMore prem ICUs neededExperts are calling for action to ease the burden on New Zealand's overloaded network of premature baby units.11 Jan 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Money saved on operations a good moveEditorial: Any health service must seek to provide the maximum gain for the community from the resources available to it.09 Jan 04:28 PM
New ZealandCuts hit life-saver policy: docA policy said to have saved hundreds of lives in New Zealand's hospitals was sidelined at Auckland City Hospital to save money, says Dr Tim Parke, the departing chief of the emergency department.04 Jan 04:30 PM
New Zealand$6m revamp starting at StarshipAnna Rennie knows just how poor the living conditions have been for parents with sick children in hospital: she had to sleep on an office chair during one of her daughter Mia's stays for severe epilepsy.12 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandPilots needed to fly sick childrenPilots who transport sick children to vital medical appointments are proof angels do exist, and the search is on to find some in Tauranga.11 Dec 12:31 AM
New ZealandEel inquiry a 'witch-hunt'Auckland Hospital staff have been called to disciplinary hearings in the breach-of-privacy case involving the man who had an eel removed from inside him.21 Nov 04:30 PM
New ZealandPatients pay high price of blundersBirth that affected baby's development one of 360 serious events in last year.21 Nov 04:30 PM
