A woman’s rights to make a choice and give informed consent to a procedure were breached when her right fallopian tube was removed during a procedure to remove her left ovary and fallopian tube, said ...

A disability service provider has been referred to the Director of Proceedings to investigate if further legal action should be taken. The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner said there was ...

Ms McDowell found that, while surgery was an appropriate treatment option, the urologist breached the Code for failing to ensure the man was adequately informed | whakamōhio and, therefore it followed ...

The report concerns an ophthalmologist who breached Right 6(1) and 7 (1) of the Code for failing to provide information about his COVID-19 vaccination status to a consumer which prevented that person ...

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The RCGP's governing UK Council has today voted to oppose a role for Physician Associates working in general practice. The outcome of the vote was 61% of Council Members agreeing to oppose the role of ...

People with untreated ADHD are having their lives cut short by an average of 13 years, yet the worst affected are the least ...

Aspiring Medical Centre: We are a busy and growing rural general practice in beautiful Wanaka. As well as serving our enrolled population of over 7000 patients, we provide quality medical care to the ...

The crisis in aged care is not limited to New Zealand. The Australian government has just completed a review of the sector and adopted the aged care taskforce’s 23 recommendations. One major change is ...

However, there is a way to alleviate the capacity problems in Whanganui: support GPs to do more and better work. The New Zealand Herald reported this week that Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has ...

In what is a first in Aotearoa, Dunedin will host the inaugural Taurite Tū games, bringing kaumātua – older Māori adults – from around New Zealand together to celebrate this nationwide programme for ...

A majority of frontline doctors polled by Specialty Trainees of New Zealand (STONZ), a union for Resident Medical Officers (RMOs), are reporting serious concerns about the impact of cost pressures on ...