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Many patients are spending longer than they should in emergency departments, increasing their risk of dying while waiting to be admitted to a hospital ward, a health leader says

Planned changes to abortion law will allow employers to discriminate against medical practitioners who refuse to participate in abortions, says the NZMA
 

A large South Island PHO is having a bet each way on national advocacy
 

A plaque will be unveiled next month at the National War Memorial Park to remember the victims, and those who helped the sick, in the 1918 influenza pandemic 

A prisoner waiting for a vaccination was, in error, given an injection of anti-psychotic medication that was meant for his brother, also a prisoner 

Kidney-stone bus takes a tow after popping a pipe on the Auckland Harbour Bridge 

A “natural health solutions” GP has been faulted over her care of a woman with type 2 diabetes and thyroid concerns

NZMA demands law provision singling out doctors with conscientious objection to abortion be removed 

Man diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer 22 months after colon scan reported as normal  

GP says his Pacific languages fluency can improve his Pasifika patients’ wellbeing