Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says the completion of a revised accreditation process has removed an unnecessary workforce barrier preventing more ...

Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a Christchurch drug-user and health expert worried the decision ...

Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand (Council) is pleased to announce a series of changes that will make it faster and easier for overseas-trained doctors to register and work ...

A group in New Zealand has called for action to tackle Campylobacter in fresh chicken meat. The Public Health Communication ...

Recent compliance checks on vape retailers across Auckland found that while the majority were compliant, just under 10 per cent failed to adhere to new laws restricting the promotion of vapes. A ...

Dr Anna Skinner, the Chief Clinical Advisor for Primary Care at Health New Zealand, told Checkpoint that the change would help eliminate barriers for people to get treatment. "People have been ...

National’s funding cuts have forced the closure of mental health facility Segar House – cutting jobs and leaving those with ...

A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) clinical director is supporting calls for a law change mandating medication be checked by two people before it's dispensed following the death of a two-month old ...