Forget what you’ve seen on the news, Waitangi Day is an in-person experience, says Lucy O’Hagan. It’s a celebration, a reckoning and a vision for the future “Once in your life, you need to go to ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown has today launched an artificial intelligence equipped diabetes retinal screening pilot programme in Māngere to reduce the risk of people with diabetes developing ...

Pharmac is getting closer to finalising a proposal for more than one brand of oestradiol patches to be available after December 2025.

5. Mackey AL, Mikkelsen UR, Magnusson SP, Kjaer M. Rehabilitation of muscle after injury – the role of anti-inflammatory ...

Driven as I am by deadlines, I can understand the value of targets. But as a sole focus they make for a pretty dreary life ...

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says a record number of health-funded clinical psychology interns show that the Government’s laser focus on improving the mental health workforce pipeline is working ...

Suggestions that nurses replace doctors at GP clinics to address chronic staff shortages are uninformed, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says. Prime ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown has today officially opened Whangārei Hospital’s new transit lounge, where patients can prepare to leave hospital after treatment. “The Government’s $3.75 million ...

As part of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey is announcing his intention to refresh New Zealand’s eating disorders strategy, and shining a spotlight on the work and ...

A new global study shows New Zealand is doing well in bringing down the number of breast cancer deaths, a health researcher says. The study - led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer - ...

made on Newstalk ZB’s Kerre Woodham Mornings show on Friday. Asked by a caller about the lack of positions in hospitals for new nurses, Luxon suggests they could replace general practitioners (GPs) ...