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People living in the Pacific Islands are dying regularly from highly treatable cancers because of a lack of cancer care services around the region, researchers say

Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a pharmacist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to adequately check the identification of a woman before giving her methadone

Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failings in the care provided to an 87-year-old woman

Abortion law will be modernised so it is treated as a health issue rather than a crime, Justice Minister Andrew Little has announced

The proposed new abortion framework released today by the government is a good news/bad news story, Family Planning says

The senior doctors’ union is welcoming the Government’s announcement of improvements to cancer care

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) welcomes increased investment in radiation oncology equipment in New Zealand

Cancer sufferers in Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki and Northland will for the first time have access locally to radiation treatment without having to travel to bigger centres as a result of the Government’s decision to fund the replacement of half of all the country’s radiation machines out of the record allocation of health sector capital investment in May’s Wellbeing Budget

For the very first time, GPs, nurses, practice managers and pharmacists have the chance to show New Zealand who’s who in primary healthcare