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Hawke’s Bay clinicians have described what they say is the first reported case of COVID-associated bilateral anterior necrotising scleritis, a serious eye condition, in a double-vaccinated patient 

New health minister Ayesha Verrall had barely started her new job before calling up people in the sector – and getting a good response 

Health services in Tairāwhiti and the Coromandel Peninsula were affected by ex-tropical cyclone Hale, which smashed its way across many north-eastern and eastern parts of the North Island in mid-January

Māori and Pasifika were less likely than people of other ethnicities to see a GP or nurse for COVID-19, a new study of the illness has found

A national review of laboratories has been urged by researchers whose audit identified deficiencies in blood-culture practices

Primary care has been told funding of COVID-19 community care will continue until mid-year and will eventually become part of business as usual

Te Aka Whai Ora board member Sharon Shea is leaving the authority on 1 February, having been on government health boards since she was appointed to Northland DHB in 2010

In a rare case of hydatids, Whanganui Hospital doctors removed the spleen of a 55-year-old farmer who had presented to his GP with back pain as the sole symptom

Based on Auckland’s North Shore but now reaching much further north, Comprehensive Care welcomed seven practices and said goodbye to three in the past financial year

Revenue and spending rose sharply because of the pandemic, according to the Hawke’s Bay PHO annual report, which also canvasses the future of PHOs in the health reforms