The failure of multiple governments to address inequities in bowel cancer screening has led to “the potentially avoidable death of thousands of New Zealanders”, says a New Zealand Medical Journal ...

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to children with limb differences in the 1980s and 90s. The children were ...

A small marae-based GP clinic without a nurse for 12 weeks never gave up hope they would find someone.

As the associate health minister Casey Costello's manoeuvrings around smokefree issues become curiouser and curiouser, we look back to December 2004 when New Zealand was embarking on its smokefree ...

Terminally ill survivors of Lake Alice abuse will receive a government redress payment in a “first step” towards reparation for those who suffered at the hands of the State ...

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This Practice article has been endorsed by the RNZCGP and has been approved for up to 0.25 credits for continuing professional development purposes (1, Educate small, BACK panel - grey ...

Professor Lester Levy has been appointed as a member and Chair of the Board of Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ), Health Minister Dr Shane Reti announced today. “Professor Levy has ...

Distinguished public servant and former diplomat Sir Maarten Wevers will lead the independent review into the disability support services administered by the Ministry of Disabled People – Whaikaha.

A general practice and urgent-care leader fears newly released documents confirm that those who call loudest get the most funding help from Te Whatu Ora ...

Medical school requirements must change if equity is ever to be achieved, says specialist GP and deputy dean at the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Matire Harwood ...

The Health and Disability Commissioner has acknowledged the progress made since the publication of her Commissioner Initiated Investigation (CII) into Southern Blood and Cancer Services (SBCS) in ...