We knew my wife’s dad was ill. He had been having problems for a while, but chatting across the oceans via Zoom made it difficult to gauge the severity
The death of a mental health worker in April 2017 highlights the risk of an excessive medication dosage heightening the danger of underlying natural disease, says coroner Bridgette Windley
A Ministry of Health-funded programme to boost the number of nurse practitioners and enrolled nurses is a necessity that should have started “long before now”, says Mahitahi Hauora Te Tai Tokerau regional coordinator Coral Wiapo
A collective failure by a Waitematā DHB surgical team resulted in an Alexis wound retractor the size of a bread and butter plate being left inside a patient
Papakura GP and University of Auckland academic Matire Har¬wood says it is a privilege to be part of the group that will help establish the interim Māori Health Authority
The Budget added extra money for disability support services, but it won’t make up for historic un-derfunding, says CCS Disability Action chief executive David Matthews
