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A review looking at suicide prevention for Māori paints a damning picture of existing services and calls for more investment to prevent what’s been dubbed a silent epidemic

Newly appointed Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy says it is too soon to say exactly what areas he plans to target in plans to cut $1.4 billion from its budget

Health minister Shane Reti has dumped what was left of the board of Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ and remade board chair Lester Levy as a commissioner with a plan to slash $1.4 billion in spending

A Waihi practice relying on locums and telehealth for patient consultations is in the same position as a number of practices in the area, according to National Hauora Coalition chief operating officer Jonathan Murray

News that the Government had done little legwork on its promise of cancer drug funding comes as no surprise to Auckland medical oncologist George Laking

A general practice in Waihi is operating with no permanent GPs and is relying solely on three locums to take care of its patient consultations

A new study of bronchiectasis among children suggests that shorter hospital stays, five to seven days of IV therapy, and a week of oral antibiotics might be the most effective treatment

Health Minister Shane Reti appeared delighted to be on hand last week in Auckland to mark a new milestone for the National Bowel Screening Programme, which has now sent out two million testing kits to Kiwis

A new study of bronchiectasis among children suggests that shorter hospital stays, five to seven days of IV therapy, and a week of oral antibiotics might be the most effective treatment

Green Cross Health’s The Doctors chain of general practices has been the target of a fake app cyberattack. The incident was outlined in a newsletter to staff in late June