The number of people with dementia in New Zealand has risen by 30 per cent in six years and, by 2050, it is projected to reach at least 150,000. It may mean more people are detained in secure aged-care facilities when they do not have a welfare guardian or activated Enduring Power of Attorney. What are their rights? Deputy commissioner, disability Rose Wallwrites
Overlooked paperwork and inaction violated the rights of a patient with stage IV endometrial cancer, deputy health and disability commissioner Kevin Allan has found
St John ambulance service has been criticised by health and disability commissioner Anthony Hill for failing to transport a woman with an ischaemic leg to the hospital stipulated by her GP
Miscommunication by an unnamed gynaecologist and Auckland's Ascot Central Women’s Clinic breached the patient rights of a cancer patient now terminally ill, deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall says in a finding out today
A GP has been ordered to do extra training and apologise to a patient’s family, after failing to appropriately treat a mass that turned out to be thyroid cancer
St John has been rapped over the knuckles by the HDC after taking nearly 12 hours to transport a patient with an ischaemic leg to the correct hospital as ordered by her GP
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management