Stories by Ruth Hill

Concern is being expressed after Health NZ said it was considering a pause on a critical safe staffing protocol.

The government watchdog says there is a risk New Zealand will have enough vaccine supplies if another pandemic strikes.

Health NZ's proposal to cut some chief clinical roles is "a declaration of war" on rural and regional hospitals, according to the senior doctors' union. Audio

Some people with diabetes have been charged for their "free" continuous glucose monitors, which have been fully government-funded since 1 October. Audio

Jacinta Byron developed a debilitating chronic pain condition after breaking her foot, and has been stuck between ACC and the public system.

A document leaked to RNZ shows service are proposing to axe staff and pull back on projects.

The cost of Holidays Act breaches and untaken long service service has now hit $3.6b, with authorities making savage budget cuts to pay for them.

Emergency Department doctors are accusing Health NZ of failing to pay a shift allowance agreed 10 months ago in their previous collective contract.

It is the first of a slew of cancer drugs to now funded by Pharmac following the agency's multi-million dollar budget boost.

The monitors - which Pharmac is now funding for all type 1 diabetics - mean patients are less likely to suffer early deaths, researcher says.

Every classroom in NZ probably has at least one child with FASD - but the vast majority are not getting any support, advocates say. Audio

The number of children and young teens prescribed puberty blockers has fallen, after dramatic increases in the last decade. Audio

A huge lack of understanding of chronic pain means patients are missing out on potentially life-changing treatment. Audio

Some regions - including Gisborne, Whanganui, Palmerston North, Nelson and the West Coast - have no specialist pain medicine physicians.

Many in the profession worry about what it would mean to allow GPs to diagnose patients. Audio

Psychiatrists who heard Matt Doocey's comments shook their heads in apparent disbelief and started murmuring.

Te Whatu Ora insists recruitment has continued, but staff say their colleagues aren't being replaced. Audio

Health Minister Shane Reti says he has been assured by Health NZ commissioner Lester Levy the targets can be met within existing funding.

The code indicates a hospital is critically overcrowded, and doctors say the change by Heath NZ is "applying wallpaper to a great hole". Audio

一线医护人员在事发前两周就已向管理层发出预警；卫生局发言人称将进行内部审查。

Distressed staff say the patient should have been seen within an hour, but instead collapsed while waiting at a critically short-staffed hospital. Audio

"One minute we're operating beautifully. The next minute, we're not financially viable," a Porirua Women and Famly Centre staffer said.

The board of Whare Manaaki Porirua Women's Refuge took legal advice after the request to transfer "a significant sum of money" to the Porirua Women & Family Centre.

But patients will need to pick up more of the cost in the meantime.

Nine out of 10 family doctors plan to increase their fees, if they have not already just done so.