New ZealandKiwis skip overseas for hospital treatmentSome Kiwis are travelling as far as India for operations, complaining of long waiting lists and high costs at home.26 Jul 03:35 AM
LifestyleKidney girl wants to be like other teensAll Priyashna Kumar wants to do is live a normal life and go to school like others her age.22 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandDHB apologises for 'tragic events'The family of a pensioner who died after being given a drug that her MedicAlert bracelet warned she was allergic to have welcomed a probe into her death.13 Jul 02:37 AM
LifestyleMother seeks action on blood issueQueeny Penhall and Damian Young lost one baby, another suffered complications and a third is on the same track, all due to what the parents and some specialists consider to be gaps in New Zealand's maternity care.12 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandViolence in wards on the riseHospital staff are being punched, kicked, spat on, bitten and verbally abused daily on the job - and the problem is getting worse.11 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandThousands protest hospital funding cutsAn estimated 2500 people showed up to protest proposed funding cuts to Oamaru hospital today.05 Jul 06:28 AM
New ZealandFree GP boost among policy tweaksMore New Zealanders will be able to get free doctors' visits as part of a raft of changes which come into force today.30 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandPatient left on floor for nine hoursA health watchdog is "alarmed" an elderly psychiatric hospital patient was left lying on a bedroom floor for more than nine hours.29 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandStarship gets new set of hi-tech wingsStarship's flight team have welcomed a new air ambulance, decked in a starry blue livery and equipped with a range of life-saving, state-of-the-art equipment.25 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandBill for free pensioner health checks failsA bill which would give three free health checks by a GP every year to holders of the Supergold card failed to pass its first reading in Parliament tonight by 60 to 61.24 Jun 09:22 AM
New ZealandBaby death rate lowest since 2007New Zealand's rate of perinatal death has dipped but our rate of maternal suicide is seven times greater than Britain's, new figures reveal.22 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandDoctor failed spinal infection patientA health board and one of its emergency doctors breached the code of patients’ rights in their care of a woman with a spinal infection.15 Jun 04:19 AM
New ZealandAllergy death 'needless'A pensioner died an "agonising and needless" death after hospital staff administered a drug that a MedicAlert bracelet she wore warned she was allergic to.09 Jun 05:00 PM
New Zealand'How can a bulldozer driver make a leg?'For Auckland amputee Diane Smith, it matters that the technicians who worked on her artificial leg included a former bulldozer driver.08 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionHappy hospices could hold lesson for economyThe commercial mindset that measures well-being in terms of GDP can be insidious, writes Tim Hazledine. Even the welcome focus on reducing child poverty gets justified (by some) as an "investment" in more reliable future workers.08 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandWarning after health files stolenPrivate medical notes about 90 patients - including details of a woman suffering mental illness after childbirth - were stolen from a social worker's car.06 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionDita De Boni: Bottom line for mental health servicesThe most vulnerable are likely to suffer with the introduction of 'social bonds' for the private sector, writes Dita De Boni.03 Jun 09:40 PM
LifestyleAbortion doc a phone call awayWomen seeking an abortion are being offered easier access to the procedure with a free, national telephone consultation service that started this week.02 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandGetting creative to save babies' livesKiwi inventor Sir Ray Avery is getting help from dozens of artists around the world to raise money for lifesaving baby incubators.01 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandCoroner reopens cold-caseThe death of a woman who was part of a Middlemore Hospital study will be analysed afresh by a coroner, 11 years after her death.29 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandPasifika rate of hospital stays on riseFor Maori and other ethnicities, the rates have declined, producing a widening gap in health-care inequalities which is of concern, say researchers.28 May 05:00 PM
BDBDHealthcareOrion Health reports $61m lossTech company Orion Health says its latest $61m loss is in line with its strategy to grow revenue before profits.25 May 11:50 PM
New Zealand26,000 healthcare workers reject collective agreementNurses, midwives and health care assistants at 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) have rejected a proposed collective agreement.25 May 03:46 AM
OpinionEditorial: Exercise the answer, not hitting dairiesEditorial: Force-feeding has never been a feature of the humble dairy, yet suddenly it finds itself in the business of public health.24 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandSex-change funding not a priorityTranssexual former MP Georgina Beyer does not believe taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery should be available "off the rack".19 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandShould all kids have free healthcare?The Children's Commissioner wants a rethink of universal services so more public spending can go to the neediest families.19 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleKiwis first to trial diabetic treatmentPatients in New Zealand have become the first in the world to receive an experimental treatment for type 2 diabetes.08 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleCancer: Kiwi men dying too soonNew study suggests Kiwi men diagnosed with prostate cancer die sooner than those in Britain, and part of the reason may be poorly organised treatment.06 May 07:00 PM
New ZealandDoctor faces tribunal over deathsThe death of Jim Nicholls on the operating table was the fifth gallbladder case in two years that drew attention to surgeon Michael Parry.04 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandSecret waiting list revealedA district health board has been putting patients on a "suspended" waiting list for surgery until it can fit them in within the Government's new target of four months, a senior manager's memo indicates.01 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandVouchers urged for social servicesA major shift to more voucher-type funding of social services, including health and education, is proposed in a new official report.28 Apr 04:00 AM
