Health minister Simeon Brown made a series of sector announcements in the first week of March. Check out our full coverage of ...

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to ...

“Peddlers of illicit drugs are a scourge on society and cause devastating harm on families and communities across the country. Increasing penalties supports law enforcement agencies to crack down on ...

Changes to current rules will deliver better access to procedures like scaling beneath the gumline. The rule will allow approved non-veterinarians to carry out subgingival dental procedures on cats ...

Sir Collin Tukuitonga, co-director of the Centre for Pacific and Global Health at Auckland University says the policy change for the bowel cancer screening age is unsophisticated and deeply flawed.

In a case study released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell explores concerns with current workplace assessment standards and guidance that she identified while ...

Councils around the country who are still holding closed workshops have had a nudge from the Ombudsman to open their doors.

His figures are roughly correct. That $6000 represents about 80 per cent of all spending on health and ACC, with the other 20 ...

The Government’s decision announced Friday to unceremoniously dump the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, resulting in hundreds of job losses and upheaval for thousands of whānau, is ...

In a decision released today, aged care commissioner Carolyn Cooper has found Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau has breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for ...

In a decision released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights ...

Hāpai Te Hauora acknowledges the expansion of the National Bowel Screening Programme to 58 years but is deeply concerned by the removal of funding for targeted Māori and Pacific screening initiatives.