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F&P Healthcare shares rally after deal with arch-rival
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Financial uncertainty for DHBs continues
Opposition calls for health minister to come clean on DHB finances.
Medical cannabis access needs sorting first
COMMENT: Medical cannabis should not be too tightly regulated.
Waikato DHB halts CEO recruitment due to 'challenges'
Waikato DHB says it wants to resolve its 'current challenges' before hiring a new CEO.
Should breast cancer screening start at 35?
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Rest homes need to keep up with pay
COMMENT: We place greater value on nurses who care for people in hospitals.
New maternity ward to help cope with demand
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National cancer agency wanted to halt 'lottery'
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Complaint to DHB after woman's double suicide bid
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Measles outbreak in Hamilton
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Warning to retirement villages after door-knocking scam
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Junior doctors announce second strike this month
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20-year battle: Family carers' pay deal finally settled
The settlement is confidential but it means the families no longer have a court date.
Rotorua group working to reinstate rescue helicopter
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Waikato DHB criticised in investigation after death of cancer patient
Health and Disability Commissioner deemed aspects of care 'suboptimal'.
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