Rowan Quinn

Doctors say they will still be slogging it out this winter, with a new government plan likely to make very little difference to overcrowding and huge waits. Audio

The Ministry of Health is considering whether to suspend the controversial use of surgical mesh to treat urinary incontinence.

Nearly 600,000 people have had a flu shot in the first four weeks of the main rollout, as doctors warn of a significant and severe season ahead.

Nearly 50,000 ADHD patients will have easier access to Ritalin and other restricted medicine in a change just announced by Pharmac.

Middlemore Hospital is promising it is now much harder for anyone to fake their way into a medical job there - after a bogus doctor saw 80 patients.

A "bogus doctor" who faked his way to a job Middlemore Hospital had tried to get other jobs too, Googling how to remove moles and make cuts in skin.

Australian nurses are nowhere near as keen as their Kiwi counterparts to cross the Tasman.

Melissa Vining's husband, Blair, was told he had to wait longer to see a specialist than he had time to live, a highly critical investigation has found. Audio

It was the first big picture look at the injury toll that came alongside the loss of life and the massive damage to property and the environment from the storms earlier thsi year.

Te Whatu Ora has set up an expert taskforce to investigate after three babies died from the disease this year. Audio

Te Whatu Ora has set up an expert taskforce to investigate after three babies died from the disease this year.

A top level taskforce has made 54 recommendations to try to turn around the country's "dire" and unfair childhood immunisation rates.

A leading paediatrician says the whooping cough outbreak is a child health crisis and Te Whatu Ora must take urgent action.

Nearly 5000 New Zealand nurses have registered to work in Australia since August.

Te Whatu Ora had already disposed of 870,000 doses, with another 570,000 hitting their use by date on Friday.

Auckland's Middlemore Hospital had to turn ambulances away on Tuesday because of a burst pipe in the emergency department.

The straight-to-residency visa for nurses has so far failed to be the big boost nurses here had hoped for.

Doctors are worried the country is on the brink of its worst whooping cough epidemic in years because of low rates of childhood vaccination. Audio

An Auckland GP is accused of having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient and prescribing him drugs she intended to use herself.

All performance data was taken down from the health agency's website last week to check whether it also contained mistakes.

The hospital was under so much pressure on Monday night that ambulances were diverted to other hospitals and patients were being treated in a public backup space. Audio

Whangārei Hospital managers asked for the army to help during a staffing crisis but were turned down, a document shows.

Whangārei Hospital nurses asked bosses to bring in the army to help with extreme understaffing at the height of the flu season last year.

Most of the people potentially exposed to measles on a recent flight from Indonesia have been tracked down - but health officials are urgently looking for five more.

Medicine and vital supplies are being air dropped to isolated Hawkes Bay communities after doctors and welfare teams flew in to check on them.