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A new medical centre will open in Invercargill to help some of the thousands of people without a general practice doctor in the city

A Christchurch urgent care medical practice has shut its doors several hours early, while “non-urgent” patients at another clinic face six-hour-long waits to see a doctor – signs of a health system under “extraordinary” pressure, health leaders say

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the Ministry of Health “could and should have done better” in dealing with Covid testing, as findings of an external review into PCR testing delays during the early stages of the Omicron outbreak are released

A woman fast-tracked through the medical system as a "suspected cancer patient" was told she probably didn't have cancer before the disease killed her

Wellington’s district health boards have “sincerely apologised” after discovering 52 people with breast cancer may have had their prognosis and treatment affected by delays getting a mammogram appointment

A young woman with severe depression was told without warning she would have to go for more than three weeks without the medication that saved her life because of supply problems caused by Covid-19

ACC has accepted 987 claims for injuries relating to the Covid-19 vaccine, and 68 per cent of those came from women