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RNZ
Whanganui Hospital's emergency department treated almost seven times the number of people it was built for over the second week of September.
RNZ
New Zealand First has released its plan to "Make NZ Healthy", promising to put prevention at the centre of healthcare if re-elected.
Newsroom
Users of unregulated drugs deplete needle stocks to administer them while GLP-1 patients seek extra equipment to draw leftover 'golden doses'. Alice Peacock reports
"At times when there is high occupancy [in ED], steps are taken to temporarily increase capacity by placing up to four beds in a corridor outside the ED observation unit for stable patients awaiting admission or discharge."
RNZ
Extra paediatricians are being drafted in and elective procedures are still being called off in the busiest flu season for Auckland's children's hospitals in years.
Rebecca Mackenzie draws on her own experience of an anorexia diagnosis to help close the data gap on Māori women’s eating disorders and links to trauma and identity.
RNZ
New Zealand ranks fourth in the OECD when it comes to antibiotic prescriptions, but that's not a good thing
Stuff
A stiff knuckle in the morning. An ache you’ve started blaming on the weather. Most of us brush these things off, but your hands are often the first place arthritis shows up.
RNZ
Overworked Plunket nurses are facing an unprecedented workload amid the surge in winter illnesses and say the health care system is in crisis.
NZ Herald
General practices were given no formal warning before free flu vaccines were extended to under-5s, despite being expected to prepare for a surge in demand....
RNZ
A nurse at Gisborne Hospital says the emergency department (ED) is in a state of "absolute chaos" due to ongoing staffing shortages and the surge of winter illnesses.
E-Tangata
“Living rurally, I knew an ambulance would take 45 minutes. It wouldn’t get here in time.” — Shelley Burne-Field on trying to save her husband after his heart stopped.
Hundreds showed up to the meeting on Auckland's North Shore with some urging the Government to improve funding, staffing and support.
"There is a small chance students and staff may have whooping cough if they have been near this infectious person," Health NZ said.
NZ Herald
By RNZ An emergency department doctor at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital says there were more than 100 people waiting to be seen late on Wednesday night. They...
The Conversation
A new system to approve medicines faster has been introduced. But barriers facing RSV protections shows why that’s only one step towards getting them to patients.
Opinion: Health NZ responds to an article by TVNZ reporter Gill Higgins who detailed her experience during a three-week stay at North Shore Hospital.
RNZ
Urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and pain are some symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction in men.
RNZ
The government says screening for cervical cancer will be free from March next year.
RNZ
Steps to combat dementia now could free up thousands of aged care residential beds in the future, a new public health expert briefing says.
The acceleration followed Pharmac's decision last week to fund the flu vaccine for children aged 6 months up until their fifth birthday from next year.
Labour rules out restoring Te Aka Whai Ora, promising instead to fund Māori health providers directly through a devolved model.
As the public health system groans under pressure, should the Act candidate’s idea be a priority?
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RNZ
New Zealand ranks fourth in the OECD when it comes to antibiotic prescriptions, but that's not a good thing
Collected stories and commentary, from Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere, on health and wellbeing issues, and future health. Keep Reading
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