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A south Auckland screening programme to detect children with streptococcus A infection, in May recorded its highest number of positive cases in years

A south Auckland screening programme to detect children with streptococcus A infection, in May recorded its highest number of positive cases in years

The Doctors Te Whare Hāpara in Gisborne is up and running again after being forced to close late last month due to sewage contamination after torrential rain

Steve Forbes meets Vivek Patel, who does more than the usual amount of minor surgery in general practice

Twenty years of underinvestment in health IT has created an infrastructure deficit, says Te Whatu Ora chief data and digital officer Leigh Donoghue

An expert in Pasifika health says the Government’s recently released Pacific health strategy makes perfect sense – but will be judged on how it’s delivered and how well it’s funded

A prominent psychiatrist says a call by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission to reduce the use of compulsory treatment orders for mentally ill people could have unintended consequences.

A last-ditch attempt at mediation between striking lab workers in Wellington, the South Island and Hawkes Bay and SCL Group has failed to end the industrial standoff

Community laboratory testing is expected to grind to a halt in some regions this week as lab workers in Wellington, the South Island and Hawke’s Bay go on strike from Wednesday