New ZealandDoctor staying on despite historyAn American doctor continues to work in Tauranga Hospital's emergency department as more revelations of past police and medical investigations surface.16 Jun 12:13 AM
New ZealandLong waits a hard pill to swallowIt is just after 8 o'clock on Friday night and Lee Mohr is doubled up in pain, alone at a bus stop outside Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland.15 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandHospital malaise doing the roundsIn an unprecedented peek behind the closed doors of NZ's hospital wards, a junior doctor reveals the delays, duplication and waste that she says are compromising the provision of good health care.15 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandLegal highs linked to deaths - coronerLegal highs must be banned sooner rather than later, says a Coroner who ruled on the deaths of two young men who both died shortly after taking K2 and party pills.14 Jun 03:15 AM
New ZealandEel sequel: Doctors objectThe senior doctors' union has objected to what it calls an "over-the-top" privacy agreement sent to Auckland District Health Board staff after files of a patient admitted to hospital with an eel inside him were improperly accessed.13 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandLegal highs put A&E under stressAn increase in the number of patients showing up at emergency departments paranoid and agitated on synthetic cannabis is delaying the treatment of more worthy cases, says an emergency doctor.13 Jun 05:30 PM
WorldHospital staff's hygiene standards eyed from afarBig Brother is watching the doctors and nurses at the North Shore University Hospital in Long Island and he wants them to wash their hands.31 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandSt John boss in push to improve servicesSurvival rates for cardiac arrest, strokes and trauma victims are among the medical records that the new St John boss wants hospitals to provide in order to improve patient care.27 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandRisk: We'll pay more for lessNew leaked papers reveal officials fear that a new bulk catering contract for NZ’s district health boards could cost more, with the risk food quality might decline. We ask what's on everyone’s mind: Could hospital food get any worse?20 Apr 05:30 PM
OpinionFood review: How they faredAuckland nutritionist Olivia Green dishes out a review.20 Apr 05:30 PM
New ZealandHospital kitchen takes the cakeIt’s probably no surprise that the most popular dishes served from Waikato Hospital’s enormous kitchen are its roasts.20 Apr 05:30 PM
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
