The Bay of Plenty District Health Board breached the human rights of a man who took his own life when it failed to treat him with 'reasonable care and skill”... Read More

Today the Ministry of Health is reporting 8,435 new community cases, 327 hospitalisations and 15 deaths. There are 10 people in ICU. There are 274 new cases in... Read More

With New Zealand expecting to see Omicron cases rise during the winter, the Orange setting remains appropriate for managing this stage of the outbreak, says Covid-19... Read More

Katikati, Te Teko and Opotiki Rugby clubs are three of the first rugby clubs in the country to be gifted a heart defibrillator as part of a new initiative. These... Read More

The Health and Disability Commissioner is deeply concerned about the findings of a study of medical students' experiences of informed consent in patients' treatment. The... Read More

New Zealand has now passed 1.1 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 with a total of 1,100,701 NZ cases reported since the start of the pandemic. There are 53,964... Read More

Health Minister Andrew Little will represent New Zealand at the first in-person World Health Assembly since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, to be held in Geneva,... Read More

The Government's investment in health is welcomed but is a 'lost opportunity” to get more medical professionals in the community, according to the general... Read More

The Government has welcomed the release of Stats NZ data showing the rate at which New Zealanders died from all causes during the Covid-19 pandemic has been lower... Read More

Toi Te Ora Public Health is launching an important online tool to support early learning services to improve and sustain the health and wellbeing of tamariki/children. Building... Read More

'Momentous.” That's how the Lakes District Health Board chairman describes the organisation's projected $2.1 million surplus at financial year end, the... Read More

The government is setting aside $90 million to expand a mental health service in Northland, Counties Manukau, Bay of Plenty, Lakes and West Coast regions. The... Read More