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Rural health providers say they are apprehensive about the upcoming festive season and the inevitable arrival and spread of COVID-19 in their communities 

Today, Evolution Healthcare announced Hawkins Ltd as the lead contractor for the second stage of the $160m redevelopment of Wakefield Hospital in Wellington

A hidden epidemic has been burning away in New Zealand for 30 years, and right now threatens to overwhelm our health system

A hidden epidemic has been burning away in New Zealand for 30 years, and right now threatens to overwhelm our health system

Australia has made it mandatory for people to have a doctor’s prescription before purchasing nicotine e-cigarettes from any source.

In July, 200 doctors, nurses, lab scientists, dentists, psychologists, and some other health and education workers spent two days nutting out ways to rebuild our health system with equity of access and outcomes at its heart.

The Health Quality & Safety Commission has been funding DHBs to reduce harm from failures to recognise and respond to acute physical deterioration in adult in-patients.

Five preventable deaths were detected in a study of New Zealand general practice records between 2011 and 2013.

Southern Cross Health Society won’t be reducing its health insurance premiums, despite experiencing growth in its surplus in the latest financial year.

Fed up with inequity, 200 health and education professionals nutted out a plan to create equity of healthcare access and health outcomes. Sarah Dalton explains