Health And Disability Commissioner
Nurse, DHB chastised over medication mix-up
A registered nurse has been told to apologise after an elderly patient inadvertently took another person's medication.
No charges over Auckland care home death
Police will not be laying charges over the death of a disabled man who died while in care on Auckland's North Shore.
Elderly man given incorrect drug for stroke
A junior doctor who gave a 77-year-old the wrong drug for a stroke has been found to have breached patient rights. Audio
Mum told baby had a stroke when he hadn't
An osteopath has been reprimanded for telling a mother her newborn son had a stroke, when he hadn't. Audio
DHB faulted over inadequate response to man's growing pain
The public health watchdog says doctors and nurses at the Southern District Health Board failed to monitor, assess, and investigate why a patient was in pain. Audio
Lawyer says report lifts lid on inmate health failings
A lawyer says reports condemning the care provided to two patients in separate prisons have only scratched the surface of what's really going on in the country's jails. Audio
Watchdog faults Corrections over prison inmates in pain
Prison nurses failed to give pain relief to two inmates in serious distress, with one of the cases so bad that the jail may face legal action. Audio
Caregiver held disabled teen on floor
A caregiver who grabbed an intellectually disabled teenager and held him on the floor of a residential facility in 2013 has been told to apologise.
Doctor censured over experimental drug
A family doctor has been censured for failing to ensure a patient who died after being given an experimental drug was fully informed about the risks. Audio
DHB chief executive fronts on gallbladder death
A 74-year-old man who died after having gallbladder surgery may not have needed the operation in the first place. Audio
Elderly patient may not have needed fatal surgery
A 74-year-old man who died after having gallbladder surgery may not have needed the operation in the first place. Audio
Baby death: midwife and mum's 'strained' relationship
A midwife has admitted having a rocky relationship with a woman whose premature baby died in her care. Audio
Baby dies after midwife fails to assess mum
A midwife has admitted to having a rocky relationship with a woman whose premature baby died in her care.
DHB chief on fatal mistakes in surgery
Both a surgeon and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board are in the gun over a man who bled to death during what was meant to be routine gall bladder surgery Audio
Elderly man bleeds to death after mistakes in surgery
An elderly man bled to death on the operating table as a junior doctor stood there with his hand in the wound, after the surgeons gave up. Audio
GP's basic mistake fatal for patient
A GP has been blasted by the Health and Disability Commissioner for the catastrophic mistake of ordering a patient to stop taking critical heart medication that was helping to keep him alive. Audio