Karen Brown

District health boards have told the Health Ministry they need extra money to help them make urgently needed improvements to eye services. Our Health Correspondent Karen Brown has the details. Audio

Labour would fund a two-year pilot providing faster and more effective mental health treatment to 40,000 people a year through their GP. Audio

Pharmac says it plans to fund five new drugs including melatonin - for 5,000 children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders who have insomnia. Our health correspondent Karen Brown says… Audio

Three recent resignations mean there's only one neurosurgeon left at Dunedin Hospital, meaning others now have to travel in from Canterbury, Wellington and Hamilton. Audio

A Mount Maunganui mother is imploring parents to ignore the expense and seek urgent help if their child is having a serious asthma attack. Audio

About five New Zealanders die from lung cancer every day and now that Medsafe has just approved use of Keytruda for some lung cancers, patients have their fingers crossed that they'll be next in line… Audio

One New Zealander a day is diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer, and it can signal a tough road ahead. A new treatment available in Australia may save lives, but it is not funded in New Zealand. Audio

A battle is underway for the top job of the century-old New Zealand Medical Association, with a student vying to become the next chair. Audio

ACC is spending 45 million dollars to reduce the high and rising cost of injuries related to medical treatment. Audio

Emails and phone calls to patients are among a raft of changes to the way some GP practices treat patients, as doctor become increasingly stretched and look for new ways to cope with more… Audio

The Health Ministry is strongly defending a decision that means people in their 50s must keep waiting to be screened for a bowel cancer, a major killer. Audio

New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for immunotherapy, an approach that's sweeping the world with drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, which were funded in NZ last year. Audio

MPs have listened to arguments today on why fluoride in water should or shouldn't be a decision left to the Ministry of Health. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports. Audio

District Health Boards say the deal they've reached with junior doctors isn't a good one and will only bring a year of peace. Audio

More children are seeing a doctor more often since free doctors visits for under 13s were introduced in 2014. Good after-hours coverage appears to have been important in ensuring that children from… Audio