Patient bed capacity at Hawke’s Bay Hospital will be increased as a result of $28.3 million in funding, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.

The Government has agreed to review the legal aid system in order to prioritise victims and their access to justice, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.

Hundreds of nurses at South Shore University Hospital are prepared to go on strike unless a deal is struck before their contract expires Friday. The nurses, represented by the New York State ...

The 'Ripley' star was struck down with crippling pain during the ceremony and realised he was passing a kidney stone which left him "writhing around in agony" at the back of the venue as famous ...

A St John spokesperson said a helicopter, a PRIME responder, and an ambulance were sent to the scene. One person, in a moderate condition, was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital for treatment. The ...

A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the rising violence against U.S. healthcare workers and the ...

Our objective is to externally validate the most accurate, published tools predicting urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction following prostatectomy. Several models have been developed to ...

The researchers found that people who received the service had a 35% reduction in unplanned hospital admissions, leading to an average saving of £586 per person to the NHS over the year of the study.

Lyttelton and Christchurch ... Hospital, with three in serious condition and one in a moderate condition, the St John spokesman said. A Lyttelton Port Company spokesperson said the incident took place ...

Four patients, three in serious condition and one in a moderate condition, were taken by ambulance to Christchurch Hospital ... A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesperson said they received a report ...

Unusual demand at Christchurch ED, not a staff shortage, led to the plea for patients to seek non-urgent medical treatment elsewhere, Health New Zealand says. In a plea on its social media page on ...

New Zealand Exchange-listed Genesis Energy has agreed to buy a consented solar farm in Canterbury that it expects to generate 67 megawatts from 2027.The conditional agreement for the 111-hectare site ...