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A GP has told the health and disability commissioner of her guilt at failing to monitor the health of an infant who went on to require several corrective surgeries for developmental dysplasia of the hip 

Illness at an Australian lab has delayed the result of sequencing the COVID-19 virus carried by the Sydneysider who caused Wellington’s lockdown 

Almost 350 applications have been submitted for positions on the interim boards to be created as a result of health reforms

A collective failure by a Waitematā DHB surgical team resulted in an Alexis wound retractor the size of a bread and butter plate being left inside a patient

The trials of rural Kiwi families’ “moving day” are fresh in the mind of Whangārei GP and dairy farmer Tanya Quin

Whānau Ora provider Pasifika Futures has begun a new primary care-based mental health service aimed at the Pacific community 

Cavendish Doctors has been forced to close after taking a hit for the team 

We knew my wife’s dad was ill. He had been having problems for a while, but chatting across the oceans via Zoom made it difficult to gauge the severity

The death of a mental health worker in April 2017 highlights the risk of an excessive medication dosage heightening the danger of underlying natural disease, says coroner Bridgette Windley  

A Ministry of Health-funded programme to boost the number of nurse practitioners and enrolled nurses is a necessity that should have started “long before now”, says Mahitahi Hauora Te Tai Tokerau regional coordinator Coral Wiapo