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The long-delayed plan was released on Wednesday, five years after the first national stocktake of health facilities found ...

Members of the New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine Nicky Burwood and Joan Ingram examine travellers’ knowledge and risk ...

Asthma sufferers can breathe a sigh of relief, with potential changes on the way to make it easier to access lifesaving treatment. Today, Pharmac announced it is proposing changes that could improve ...

Demonstrating its commitment for a-whole-of-system approach for the New Dunedin Hospital, WellSouth has appointed an Integration Manager, Primary and Community Services for New Dunedin Hospital, Nick ...

Data shows Norway, which is similar in population size to NZ, increased its five-year survival rates for ovarian cancer from 34.1% to 46.1% in the almost two decades from 1995. In contrast, New ...

Pharmac is seeking feedback on a proposal to make it easier for people with asthma to access a type of inhaler. “We’re proposing two changes, which would make it easier for 120,000 New Zealanders with ...

The Hīkoi will journey from Kaitaia in Northland to Parliament, collecting healthcare stories and ideas for reform from communities along its route. This initiative arises from Colquhoun and Nahill's ...

In a report released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall has provided commentary on the care of a man with Parkinson's disease following a complaint to the HDC from a care home ...

We are also supportive of MP Mike Butterick’s Members Bill Sale & Supply of Alcohol (Restrictions on Issue of Off-Licences and Low and No Alcohol Products) Amendment Bill which has been drawn from the ...

"The plan is ushering in the privatisation of the health system. Buildings and carparks will be the thin end of the wedge," Fitzsimons says.

In a decision released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall has found Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the ...