A new roadside drug-testing regime may see law-abiding citizens with legal prescriptions barred from driving for a period of ...

The UK's public health service, the NHS, has rapidly expanded outsourcing since 2008 to try to cut public waitlists. It now ...

Problems with the hospital's "too small" emergency department are outlined in information prepared for former Health Minister ...

While the exact causes of OCD are unclear, researchers know that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in its development. OCD can run in families; studies attribute between 40% to 65% of ...

The person at the centre of a new measles alert in Auckland is a crew member on a Fullers360 ferry, the company has confirmed ...

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Health New Zealand has confirmed it will slash hundreds of IT jobs - about a third of all roles. Consultation on its proposal ...

With eight clinics across the North Island in Whangārei, Auckland (Rodney, Epsom, North Shore, Ormiston) Tauranga, Hawke’s ...

Tatau Kahukura, the Māori health chart book, has, since the first edition in 2006, provided a snapshot of the health of Māori ...

Getting to grips, Auckland ...

The cutting edge is a nice place to hunt for new music. Although nothing is really new, a formidable skill in recycling and a ...

More than 5000 senior hospital doctors and specialists have walked off the job for an unprecedented 24-hour strike in protest ...