Hospitals
DHBs 'revolt' over budgets as 'pressure reaches boiling point'
The country's district health boards are so stressed about budgets, their leaders are speaking out at "unprecedented" levels, Labour's health spokesperson David Clark tells John Campbell. Audio
Staffing issues affecting safe practice - South Akl nurses say
More than 90 percent of nurses working for Counties Manukau DHB in South Auckland say they have experienced short staffing, which has "reached the limits of safe practice". John Campbell investigates.
…Nurse tells inquest she was overwhelmed and stressed
Nurse Harmeet Sochi admitted the ward was understaffed because a head nurse called in sick and the replacement nurse had little burns unit experience. Audio
Bullying found to be rife for emergency doctors
Nearly half of all emergency doctors and trainees report being bullied, discriminated against or sexually harassed by their colleagues, a survey has found.
Auckland flu: 15% more people than hospital beds
An increase in winter flu cases has delayed hundreds of non-urgent surgeries at hospitals in Auckland.
Man waits five months for urgent cancer surgery
A Palmerston man says he is still waiting for urgent prostate cancer surgery at Dunedin Hospital after a confirmed diagnosis in February. And he says he's been told seven other patients are in the… Video, Audio
Dunedin Hospital has enough ICU beds, Jonathan Coleman says
Southland District Health Board's CEO told Checkpoint there were not enough ICU beds at Dunedin Hospital, but the Health Minister said today the hospital has enough "as required". Video, Audio
Action promised on chronic medicine shortages in the Pacific
Medicine shorts are continuing to hit Pacific countries including Fiji and Papua New Guinea, with some hospitals in PNG completely running out of supplies. Now health authorities across the Pacific… Audio
Parents battle to take four-year-old from hospital
The parents of a four-year-old who has been in Auckland's Starship Hospital most of her life are demanding that she be able to go home. Audio
11 confirmed Auckland typhoid cases, dozens more at risk
The Auckland Regional Public Health Service says the cases are linked and those who've been hospitalised are all members of a Pacific church community. Audio
Hospital parking fees
A petition against hospital parking fees has garnered over 10,000 signatures. Audio
Thousands sign petition calling for end to hospital parking
Almost 10,000 people have signed an Auckland man's petition calling for parking fees at hospitals to be scrapped. He has spent hundreds in parking fees to visit his premature son. Video, Audio
Legal action over leaky hospital stayed
Two companies being sued over leaky copper pipes at Wellington Hospital are seeking to stop the legal action.
Hospital breath-testing sparks interest from other DHBs
A move to screen out drunk friends and family at Wellington Hospital's emergency department could be followed by other DHBs.
Junior doctors' strike cost $1.5m
A two-day strike by junior doctors in October cost district health boards $1.5 million.
Arrest after man stabbed at Auckland Hospital
A man has been arrested after a stabbing near a public cafeteria at Auckland Hospital left another man seriously injured.
Surgeons more resistant to improving teamwork - study
It appears surgeons are in no rush to embrace a new programme designed to improve teamwork in hospital operating theatres.
Compass upping prices for DHBs by 5.5%
Hospital food provider Compass is increasing its charges under a controversial nation-wide contract, after only six DHBs signed up. Audio
Compass upping prices for DHBs by 5.5%
Compass has increased its prices for the six DHBs which signed up to a nation-wide hospital food contract. The savings from the contract fall $110m short of what was expected. Audio
Compass contract to fall at least $110m short
The final savings from a controversial nation-wide hospital food contract will fall short of what was pitched to DHBs. Audio
