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MERAS, the union representing midwives, has withdrawn its strike for Nelson-Marlborough DHB in light of the continuing state of emergency

On Monday Hawke’s Bay District Health Board became aware of an issue with a batch of sterilising equipment that was used in Hawke’s Bay Hospital operating theatres, sent to outpatient clinics and used by district nurses between 2 February and 11 February

Dr Curtis Walker was today elected chairperson of the Medical Council of New Zealand

University of Otago psychiatry experts are concerned some medications used to treat anxiety may appear ineffective because they are not being tested in appropriate patients

A Canterbury trial that helps people with health conditions or disabilities to find and stay in work has been expanded to help hundreds more Cantabrians

Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a District Health Board in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for the care provided to a woman with mental health and addiction issues

New Zealand is continuing its work in the global fight to stop the spread of HIV transmissions

“If you love your Mama, march with midwives next week”

NZRDA and the DHBs have spent two days in mediation this week in an attempt to settle the ongoing dispute around essential contract clauses that safeguard RMOs

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, in collaboration with the Gold Coast Health and the University of Melbourne, have produced a study that provides an insight into why there are so many more male than female surgeons, despite the increasing number of females in medicine as a whole