Rowan Quinn

A report has flagged serious concerns about Middlemore Hospital's Emergency Department.

The review was commissioned to look into the death of a woman after she left Middlemore ED without being seen.

A GP accused of breaking the rules on prescribing ADHD drugs like Ritalin says he's on a mission to change the system. Tony Hanne has been giving evidence at his own disciplinary hearing saying if he… Audio

One of the country's top experts in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder is back before a tribunal today facing charges of wrongly prescribing Ritalin and other drugs more than 5000 times.

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Nurses around the country are set to refuse all extra shifts next week and the new health authority's warning them it's likely an illegal strike.

A special winter bonus of $100 a shift ends on… Audio

As many as 400 patients have had to have their operations called off because of Monday's holiday to mark the Queen's death.

The impact varies across the country - with some hospitals only doing a… Audio

More than 1800 Auckland children are overdue for operations on their teeth, with a prediction it will get worse because there's a huge delay for routine check ups.

The children need dental work under… Audio

Surgeons are still taking a pen to their theatre lists every day, cancelling patients' operations at the last minute.

That's despite optimism from health bosses that the situation is improving as… Audio

Middlemore Hospital says it is deeply sorry and has reviewed every patient seen by a man stood down for posing as a doctor.

A criminal investigation's been launched after the man was able to work in… Audio

The police are investigating allegations a man worked as a fake doctor and saw patients at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland.

He was employed for about six months.

RNZ's health correspondent Rowan… Audio

The South Island has the highest rate of Covid-19 hospitalisations in the country.

Nationally, there's been some cause for optimisim in the outbreak, with case numbers and the weekly hospitalisation… Audio

Doctors staring down the barrel of a Covid-19 crisis say new measures will do little to ease the massive strain they're under.

Hospitals are already drastically reducing services to cope, and the… Audio

A health recruiter is hoping to bring in 100 desperately needed workers from its first overseas drive since the borders opened.

Accent Health Recruitment is running the seminar today in Singapore… Audio

The biggest change in healthcare in a generation starts today.

The country's 20 district health boards which have run hospitals and services since 2001 are out.

They are being replaced by Health NZ… Audio

An Auckland family doctor says she's looking forward to the restructuring of the health system which begins today.

Mt Eden GP Jodie O'Sullivan said she had never been so busy, with waiting rooms… Audio

A woman who had her bowel removed while she waited for drugs that would probably have prevented it, hopes the Pharmac review will mean others don't suffer the same fate.

A major review of the… Audio

A hunt is on for new publishers for the New Zealand Medical Journal - with warnings it would be a big loss if it folded.

The organisation that runs the journal, the New Zealand Medical Association… Audio