Two Whanau Ora Centres were launched today in the Waikato by the Hon. Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Health, as part of the Government's new primary health care programme.

A survey of more than 9000 New Zealand mothers has exposed gaps in knowledge about vitamin D's role in health that researchers describe as worrying.

Waikato District Health Board is aware of a potential phone scam relating to Thames Hospital.

Patients at Burwood Hospital's spinal unit are benefiting from a new high-tech cycle which not only helps them get fitter and stronger but also recover as much as possible from their injuries - thanks to the generosity of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) Foundation Board.

The region's biggest hospital building project hit a milestone today with a giant concrete pour.

Work on Waikato Hospital's five-level Meade Clinical Centre began in late 2009. It will open in three stages from early 2012.

The Health Funds Association has welcomed Treasury's report on the costs of ill-health in New Zealand, saying it draws attention to the potential productivity gains from improving the health of our workforce.

Wednesday 17 November 2010, 2:36pm Serious and sentinel events in primary care won't be included in next year's Health Quality and Safety Commission report, but possibly in reports a year or two after that, it was announced today.

The Serious and Sentinel Events Report released today (November 17) demonstrates, yet again, that having enough appropriately skilled staff to provide safe care, is crucial in preventing patients dying or suffering a serious disability while in hospital, according to the

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - Patients should not use the latest toll of preventable deaths in the nation's hospitals as a league table to judge the safety of individual district health boards, the head of the national health q

Canadian Nurse Practitioner Friederike von Aweyden has been appointed to the newly created position of Nurse Practitioner at the Rural Academic General Practice at Grey Base Hospital.