Cabinet has agreed to progress stronger controls on 23 harmful substances, including the classification of three substances related to the potent opioid, fentanyl, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.

Veterinary nurses will soon be able to carry out dental procedures on cats and dogs, says Associate Minister of Agriculture Andrew Hoggard. “Prior to 2021 subgingival procedures were performed by ...

Health minister Simeon Brown made a series of sector announcements in the first week of March. Check out our full coverage of ...

The Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) Group marks two years of delivering the New Zealand Medical Treatment Scheme (NZMTS), a programme funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ...

Sir Collin Tukuitonga, co-director of the Centre for Pacific and Global Health at Auckland University says the policy change for the bowel cancer screening age is unsophisticated and deeply flawed.

In a case study released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell explores concerns with current workplace assessment standards and guidance that she identified while ...

The Government’s decision announced Friday to unceremoniously dump the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, resulting in hundreds of job losses and upheaval for thousands of whānau, is ...

In a decision released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell has found Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights ...

In a decision released today, aged care commissioner Carolyn Cooper has found Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau has breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for ...

Hāpai Te Hauora acknowledges the expansion of the National Bowel Screening Programme to 58 years but is deeply concerned by the removal of funding for targeted Māori and Pacific screening initiatives.