Hospital

In a series of articles for the 11 May issue, journalist Virginia McMillan talks to people hoping to change ways of working in health so as to ultimately improve the health of our planet

Two specialist GPs are on a taskforce appointed to tackle the blown-out public hospital waiting lists for planned care

More than 100 different kinds of used medical products enter Medsalv’s premises for a thorough clean and remake, before being sent out for reuse

Specialist GP Robin Barraclough’s patient had been jolted back to life three times by paramedics and was stuck in Kaitaia Hospital, 300km from a coronary care unit

Christchurch Hospital emergency department staff are still being punched, spat on, sworn at and sexually harassed by patients, despite efforts to stem violence and aggression in the workplace

A national review of public hospital waiting lists won’t solve our growing waiting lists for elective surgery says John McKie, President of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association

The Health Quality & Safety Commission has today released the findings of the first national point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Aotearoa New Zealand 

Sarah (Hera) Kinred (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei) started this month as tangata whenua representative on the ProCare Health Ltd board

COVID-19 case numbers are staying higher for longer in Canterbury due to the relaxing of the traffic light restrictions, Canterbury DHB chief executive Peter Bramley told today’s board meeting 

Work on rebuilding the Buller Health Centre to replace Westport's old hospital, is making "excellent progress," the West Coast District Health Board says