Karen Brown
RNZ
New Zealand
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Flu jab call as Australian outbreak spreads
Family doctors and others are urging those who have not yet had the annual flu jab to get it as soon as possible. → Read More
Colleague mourns loss of 'gentle, humble' doctor
A Christchurch expert in the medicine of older people is mourning a former colleague who died in Friday's terror attack. → Read More
Chronic pain widespread with too few specialists, clinics
Specialists say faster and better care is needed for the condition which can wreck relationships and result in unemployment and disability. → Read More
Bowel cancer patients more likely to survive major surgery in Auckland
Bowel cancer statistics highlight wide variations in the way patients with bowel cancer are treated in public hospitals. → Read More
Junior doctors back on strike and in mediation today
Junior doctors will be back on strike at 8am this morning for 48 hours. → Read More
'We've finally got a treatment': Hep C drug now funded
From today tens of thousands of New Zealanders with hepatitis C can receive a free drug that will cure them. → Read More
Drug-dependent doctors bring dire consequences
Drug-dependent doctors pose more of a risk to themselves than they do to patients, say researchers. → Read More
Pharmac to fund new Hep C treatment
A new drug that treats Hepatitis C is expected to benefit tens of thousands of New Zealanders. → Read More
Rotorua seeing major benefits of new Children's Health Hub
Putting child health services inside a public library in Rotorua has had major spinoffs for both sides. → Read More
Call for urgent action over tongue-tie surgery: ‘It’s putting infants at risk’
Dentists say they've noticed a big increase in hotly-debated tongue-tie surgery in babies and it's worrying. → Read More
Rival doctors' unions could lead to more strike action
Junior doctors are threatening more strikes early next year because of a deal with a rival union. → Read More
Hospitals begin push to fill staffing shortages
Public hospitals have begun employing hundreds of extra nurses needed to ease major staff shortages. → Read More
One Year On: The cost of accessible healthcare
The coalition government has been in power for a year, how has our healthcare system changed? → Read More
Health officials under pressure for earlier bowel cancer screening for Māori
The Ministry of Health is being urged to review a bowel cancer screening decision, to reduce health inequity. → Read More
Nurses' strike cost hundreds of thousands of dollars
Hospitals spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the nationwide nurses' strike in July. → Read More
Nurses accept pay offer, ending months of negotiation
Hospital nurses have today settled their long-running pay row with their district health board employers. → Read More
Bowel cancer test kit a 'lifesaver'
Older New Zealanders who are still ineligible for a free bowel cancer screening are buying their own tests, but say they shouldn't be forced to pay thousands of dollars for specialist appointments as well. → Read More
Doctors up for review on new website
People are being invited to compare, rate and review doctors and other healthcare providers on a new website. → Read More
Australia ahead of NZ in cancer survival rates
The Cancer Society says 2500 more New Zealanders would have survived cancer if they had lived in Australia. → Read More
Debt-plagued DHB's advice to UK 'ironic'
Analysis - Canterbury's health service is under pressure to slash millions from its deficit. So why are its executives giving their British counterparts advice? RNZ Health correspondent Karen Brown reports. → Read More