Health minister Simeon Brown made a series of sector announcements in the first week of March. Check out our full coverage of ...

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to ...

His figures are roughly correct. That $6000 represents about 80 per cent of all spending on health and ACC, with the other 20 ...

Councils around the country who are still holding closed workshops have had a nudge from the Ombudsman to open their doors.

“Peddlers of illicit drugs are a scourge on society and cause devastating harm on families and communities across the country. Increasing penalties supports law enforcement agencies to crack down on ...

In a case study released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell explores concerns with current workplace assessment standards and guidance that she identified while ...

Changes to current rules will deliver better access to procedures like scaling beneath the gumline. The rule will allow approved non-veterinarians to carry out subgingival dental procedures on cats ...

The Government’s decision announced Friday to unceremoniously dump the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, resulting in hundreds of job losses and upheaval for thousands of whānau, is ...

Sir Collin Tukuitonga, co-director of the Centre for Pacific and Global Health at Auckland University says the policy change for the bowel cancer screening age is unsophisticated and deeply flawed.

Grant Davidson explains the difficulties in getting international graduates approved and how some of these doctors are ...

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

The Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) Group marks two years of delivering the New Zealand Medical Treatment Scheme (NZMTS), a programme funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ...