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Auckland vaccination clinic back running, but seeing few numbers
An Auckland vaccination clinic is doing about half the numbers it was before the lockdown - but is relieved to be back up and running.
Nurses union calls off strike as lockdown looms
Nurses have call off strike action set for 19 August following a community case of Covid-19 in Auckland and a nationwide lockdown.
RSV crisis easing but still 'quite a demand' on emergency departments
The huge spike in the respiratory virus RSV that has been overwhelming hospitals has eased, but there's a warning further surges can be expected.
Slow response to Auckland mass vaccination invitations
Less than a quarter of those sent initial invitations to the country's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event booked a slot.
Mass vaccination event aims to immunise 5000 people a day
Vaccinators will inject one person each a minute at the country's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event - if all goes to plan. Audio
Psychologist: 'I don't think I can run a wait list anymore'
Psychologists are turning away as many as 60 clients a month because they have no space to see them.
Middlemore Hospital: Council forced unconsented work to stop
Work to upgrade Middlemore Hospital's baby unit was under way for a month with no building consent.
NZ health staff asked to help with Fiji's Covid-19 crisis
New Zealand doctors, nurses and medical staff are being canvassed about a possible deployment to Fiji.
Sharp rise in numbers of babies stricken with 'distressing' virus
Wellington Hospital has more than 20 babies in its children's ward, as the spread of the potentially deadly RSV virus escalates.
Sick babies cared for in playroom at crowded hospital
Since a surge in sick children about three weeks ago, the hospital has set up 11 beds in the playroom to help cope with already full wards.
Covid-19: Crucial day five test results expected today
The first of the crucial day five test results are expected today, after Wellingtonians turned out in their thousands to be swabbed for Covid-19 yesterday.
'Heartbreaking' - Backlog of 2000 children for urgent dental care
Auckland District Health Board committed $650,000 to clear a waiting list for urgent dental care by June, but figures show there are still 1999 children on the list.
Waikato DHB staff still working in 'extremely difficult' circumstances
Exhausted doctors and nurses are still in the dark about when life will be back to normal more than two weeks after a massive cyber attack.
Looming nurses' strike: DHBs make new pay offer
Nurses are considering a late pay offer by district health boards attempting to avoid a massive nationwide strike.
Report outlines risks posed by shortage of Covid-19 vaccinators in Auckland
A shortage of Covid-19 vaccinators is a threat to the success of Auckland's roll-out - and staff safety, according to a DHB report.
Error in MIQ law meant Australians unlawfully charged
Australians have been unlawfully charged for managed isolation stays in New Zealand because of an error in what the National Party is calling a shoddy law.
Budget 2021: What the government plans to spend on the health system
The government's massive overhaul of the country's health system will cost more than half a billion dollars - just to get started.
Canterbury runs low on Covid-19 vaccines as distribution trouble hits
The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit a major hurdle in Canterbury - there is not enough vaccine to start injecting the over 65s until July - months behind schedule.
'Real risk' of Covid-19 vaccine roll out not being done on time - review
Major doubts about whether everyone will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by the end of the year have been raised by the auditor-general.
Partial shutdown considered at clinic desperate for vaccinators
An Auckland vaccination centre may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.
Some DHBs to vaccinate whole communities in one go
Small settlements along the Whanganui River are in line to get their Covid-19 vaccinations in one go, possibly before the end of the month, as more details of how rural areas will be vaccinated…
Self-swab test for cervical cancer not a one-stop fix, health workers say
Health workers at the frontline of fighting high rates of cervical cancer among Māori women say a new, easier, test is promising but it isn't a one-stop fix.
Confusion reigns over how and when to get Covid-19 vaccine
Doctors are being inundated with requests from over 65s who thought they could get their vaccine from this week - but cannot. Audio
Tamihere hopes to deter vaccine misinformation as Auckland clinic opens
Anti-vaxxers are being warned not to sabotage the hard work of westies as Auckland's latest mass vaccination clinic opens.
Major health sector shake-up 'is about doing better with what we have' - Little
New Māori Health Authority, DHBs scrapped and new Public Health Agency announced in major health system restructure.