The NHS is the largest public sector organisation in England, seeing 1.7 million people each day including in patients’ own ...

The Health and Disability Commissioner is pointing to failings in two instances in Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Southern services - ...

The woman, who was otherwise healthy, was to undergo surgery for a fractured femur. The surgery was delayed by four days due to limited access to operating theatres and the woman died a few days ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown has today officially opened Wellington Regional Hospital’s first High Dependency Unit (HDU). “This unit will boost critical care services in the lower North Island, ...

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and ...

Improving access to mental health and addiction support took a significant step forward today with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey announcing that the University of Canterbury have been the first ...

Today’s announcement in funding to boost primary care nursing is a well-deserved and much-needed investment in the sector. This initiative will help strengthen the workforce, improve access to care, ...

Pinnacle welcomes the government’s announcements this week of increased funding and workforce initiatives for general practice. Primary care is under immense pressure, with workforce shortages and ...

Responding to the announcement that NHSE will be abolished, Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of the Royal College of GPs said: ...

The health partnership board representing iwi from Taumarunui to Whanganui has launched its first community health plan to ...

Associate Health Minister with responsibility for Pharmac David Seymour has welcomed Pharmac’s Acting Chief Executive Brendan Boyle. Brendan Boyle will start as Pharmac’s Acting Chief Executive on ...

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