NZ’s right-wing government is exploiting the crisis of unmet need, caused by decades of underfunding of public healthcare, to divert tens of millions of dollars to private hospitals.

The report makes several recommendations that match up with Gould and Murton’s views. “Without fundamental system-wide changes,” it says, “stopgap measures will only delay an inevitable deeper crisis ...

Lance Burdett is one of the most recognisable names from the New Zealand Police this century. During his 22 years on the ...

RNZ reported last month the country had no specialists available to look after kids needing palliative care as the only ...

An acute shortage of radiography staff at Taranaki Base Hospital means patients are waiting months longer than they should be ...

The project will prompt doctors to prescribe more safely, to reduce the looming risk of antimicrobial resistance, which one professor describes as: "A silent pandemic that is occurring globally." ...

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The government’s recent decision to significantly increase public hospital fees has reignited concerns about the long-term sustainability of the system. Hong Kong’s reliance on a tax-funded ...