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Senior doctor's plea to Health NZ bosses illustrates the extreme strain on EDs nationally.
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Steven Joyce: Royal Commission needs to ensure lessons learned from post-Covid hangover
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New analysis suggests much of elimination's wider health benefits have been sustained.
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It's serious money: Questions raised over taxpayer money funding free vouchers for private clinics
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One-in-a-billion risk of mad cow disease spreading through NZ blood donation
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Fresh appeal to find new site for $15 million hospice in Hawke’s Bay
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We desperately need to stomp the stigma for asking for help
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Safety first: Why the pause on surgical mesh operations is long overdue
Procedure should remain halted until surgeons have skills to perform it safely.
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Kiwi startup with Steven Adams on board scores win in nutrition study.
'Silo' effect meant doctors failed to detect cause of Carmen Walker's death
Pathologist claims Carmen Walker's death at Waikato Hospital 13 years ago was iatrogenic.
'Young people not valued': Vaping rules still 'not enforced' in shops
Officers empowered to enforce vaping regulations should double in 'coming months'.
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Opinion: It is very dangerous for politicians to start picking preferred medication
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The extraordinary move came after a petition by a mesh-injured patient.
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Senior doctors, dentists strike: ‘Patients would have waited a long time anyway’
Thousands of patients will have their operations and other procedures delayed.
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