Ruth Hill

Severe acute hospitalisations for babies and young children in Auckland spiked in mid-July, as they were hit hard by flu, RSV and other respiratory viruses.

Doctors fear some will suffer long-term… Audio

A midwifery student says she was horrified at how much responsibility she was expected to take on, as trainees are used to plug the profession's 40 percent workforce shortage.

With more than four out… Audio

One in three patients referred for specialist appointments have been waiting more than four months, according to Te Whatu Ora's latest data.

However, GPs warn many people aren't even being counted.

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A major computer outage at Wellington and Wairarapa hospitals since four o'clock this morning has forced the cancellation and delay of many appointments and procedures.

Te Whatu Ora says outpatient… Audio

The former Police Commissioner, Mike Bush, will this week take over leadership of all Youth Justice and Care and Protection residences, following two serious allegations of Oranga Tamariki staff… Audio

An expert on landslides and natural hazards warns thousands more New Zealand homes may become uninsurable in the near future. But quantifying risk from natural hazards is a fraught business -… Audio

Some cancer patients struggling with the cost of travelling to other regions for care are choosing not to have treatment. Patient advocates say the National Travel Assistance Scheme - which subsidises… Audio

Publicly-available health data on wait times for emergency departments, operations and cancer treatment are now six months out of date, since Te Whatu Ora was forced to pull inaccurate figures from… Audio

Spinal muscular atrophy is the most common genetic cause of death in New Zealand babies without treatment but it's not included in the newborn screening programme.

Doctors warn that waiting until… Audio

The equivalent of nine ambulances a day are unable to respond to call-outs because they're stuck outside emergency departments, unable to drop off patients.

It's known as ramping - the time crews… Audio

"Nothing to do with us." That was the conclusion of Crown Law staff after "a cursory glance" at new evidence strongly suggesting Alan Hall was innocent.

Hall had his conviction for the 1985 murder of… Audio

Orthopaedic surgeons are offering to replace some private patients with public ones which could provide relief for 2000 people waiting for operations.

However, clinicians say at least 500 people… Audio

Nearly 30,000 patients waiting for elective operations - including hip replacements, hernias and fixes for incontinence - are about to receive letters from Te Whatu Ora asking if they still need… Audio

Exhausted, working while sick and injured, missing meal breaks and the constant fear of making a fatal mistake.

That's the daily reality inside Gisborne Hospital's acute care unit, according to… Audio

Two severely disabled people in residential care were sent home from hospital still seriously ill, with one readmitted within 24 hours, later dying in hospital.

Disability advocates and families say… Audio

After 116 years, the "dominion" masthead is disappearing from newstands in the capital.

The capital's last surviving daily paper The Dominion Post - started 21 years ago as a merger of The Dominion… Audio

The government is putting money into science to tell it how many billions of dollars the country is going to have to spend to protect against the next weather event.

Research, Science and Innovation… Video, Audio

Privacy experts and analysts warn government departments' use of Google Analytics may be allowing the world's biggest marketing company to harvest New Zealanders' private data.

Statistics New… Audio

Some overseas-trained nurses are using their New Zealand registration to leapfrog straight into a job in Australia.

Meanwhile, health recruiters say Australia and Britain are getting increasingly… Audio