Karen Brown

The country's biggest company looking after intellectually disabled people has been been roundly criticised over the way it treated a young man with epilespy and the language skills of a five year… Audio

A family who travelled overseas without being vaccinated against hepatitis A appears be costing taxpayers almost 60 thousand dollars. Audio

For the first time patients with a chronic, incurable neurological condition are to get fully funded treatment. Audio

The Government says a recent crisis in healthcare in Britain is unlikely to be repeated in this country. Audio

Health researchers are calling for a major change in the way newborn babies with low blood sugar levels are cared for in hospitals. Audio

Health experts from around the world are meeting in Auckland today to mark the 75th anniversary of the New Zealand health system. Audio

The Health Minister says the Government will go back to the drawing board on organ donation if extra funding fails to lift donation rates. Audio

Health Correspondent, Karen Brown, looks at organ donation, primarily regarding kidneys, and transplantation. Audio

Senior doctors say more patients with serious kidney disease will die waiting for a transplant unless organ donation rates are improved. Audio

A report into Canterbury's health services by an international think tank says patients in Canterbury are waiting less time for treatment and getting it closer to home. Audio

Doctors say the whooping cough epidemic has claimed the life of a third baby, at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital. Audio

Immunisation experts are calling on the drug-buying agency Pharmac to add two key childhood vaccines to the list of government-funded vaccines. Audio

An outgoing leader at Pharmac says funding of the breast cancer drug Herceptin was the toughest decision he was involved in. Audio

Karen Brown investigates the on-going debate surrounding prostate cancer. Audio

Disability groups and others say they will fight to overturn what they call an ugly and draconian new law governing payments to family carers. Audio

Patients with a particularly deadly cancer may one day benefit from an unusual initiative by a fledgling New Zealand-owned drug company. Audio

A caregiver who kicked, swore at and maltreated a teenager with autism and Down Syndrome could face possible legal action. Audio

The mother of a boy who has diabetes says people are ending up in hospital because new meters are giving wrong blood sugar readings. Audio

The Labour Party says it will strip Pharmac of its role in funding highly expensive medicines if it forms the next government. Audio

Government audit officials were grilled today about how much money is being saved by cost-cutting and efficiencies in health. Audio