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‘They’ve broken a promise’: Special care unit for sick babies quietly shelved
The new Health Minister has ordered a briefing on why the unit has not been delivered.
'Out of control': Numbers waiting too long for specialist appointments reach 60,000
The number of people waiting too long for surgery and treatment is also growing.
Prefab building proposed for Hutt Hospital after quake risk discovered
There are significant capacity constraints already in the public and private sectors.
Hutt mayor slams DHB for hasty communication over hospital quake risk
The DHB says patients and services will still have to be moved out of the building.
Woman claims she sat in urine-soaked clothes for six hours in Wellington ED
Her catheter broke and she was told no one had the time to change her.
Wairarapa and Hutt Valley DHBs culpable for delayed breast cancer diagnosis
Failures at two DHBs led to a woman's cancer diagnosis being delayed, a new report finds.
Auckland hospital 'imploding': Patient with typhoid fever slept in car due to lack of beds
Hospitals around NZ are being hit by a perfect storm of issues.
Seismic risk assessments exposing widespread shaky hospital issue
Hutt Hospital is one of many medical facilities deemed at risk of a seismic event.
Quake-prone Hutt Hospital block got council all-clear last year
The DHB used a 10-year-old assessment to persuade the Hutt City Council to go easy on it.
Analysis: Government moves quickly to commit to Hutt Hospital's future
Health Minister to meet with local leaders tonight after building deemed earthquake-prone.
10,000 allied health workers walk off the job
Today's strike comes after more than 18 months of negotiations.
'The happiness is incomparable': Midwife retires after 51-year career
When midwife Grace Pillay began delivering babies 51 years ago, ultrasounds weren't used.
Crisis point as DHBs grapple with health staff shortages
Thousands of health staff around NZ are off work with Covid, leaving others overworked.
Live: Person in 20s one of 9 Covid deaths today - 14,463 cases, 1000 people hospitalised
The person in their 20s who died was NZ's second youngest Covid-related death.
Live: Five deaths, 943 people hospitalised, more than 14,000 Covid cases today
The five deaths reported today were in Auckland, Waikato, Hutt Valley and Canterbury.
Five homicides 'absolutely avoidable', a total system failure
Five homicides by five mentally-ill people have been the subjects of extensive inquests.
Wellington and Hutt among regions with highest active Covid cases
Kenepuru Community Hospital has 21 per cent of staff off work due to Covid-19.
Exclusive: Exhausted nurses 'falling over each other' for nightly $500 Covid bonus
'We are so short staffed in every department that management are working on the floor.'
DHB failed to flag man's allergy before fatal anaphylactic shock, HDC finds
DHB did not flag the potential allergy on the National Medical Warning System.
Tide of patients amid staff shortages in Wellington
About 800 doctors and nurses at Wellington's hospitals off sick or in isolation this week.
DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends
Time is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.
'Terrible time' to be restructuring health sector - Reti
Health spokesman says DHBs still missing agreed deadline to improve safe staffing.
'Hazardous': Doctor claims one of NZ's busiest hospitals already at capacity
'We've got no spare capacity,' a doctor warns the Government.
CCDHB reaches 90 per cent fully vaccinated, second DHB in the country
The news was revealed hours before the government's traffic light announcement.
More than 1300 unvaccinated DHB staff stood down
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Wairarapa Hospital has Covid capacity, but no ICU, as second Masterton case recorded
A second positive case of Covid-19 was recorded in Masterton today.
Mongrel Mob anniversary to be held in Porirua less than a fortnight after Covid scare, some residents 'extremely upset'
Authorities had asked anyone who attended a Porirua tangi last week to get tested.