Striking radiographers (MRTs) abandoned strike action to respond immediately to the earthquake in Christchurch by turning up to work to ensure additional patients are treated.

Funding a new drug for people with advanced lung cancer and widening access to two other cancer treatments are features of a new agreement PHARMAC has reached with pharmaceutical company Roche Products (NZ) Ltd.

Canterbury's hot summer weather is not an impediment to dairy cow productivity, says a Lincoln University researcher who will present his findings to dairy scientists at an Australasian symposium at Lincoln University next week.

Waikato DHB will postpone some surgical bookings to cope with next Tuesday's nationwide strike by union staff who provide x-ray, scans and other radiology services.

The strike affects all Waikato DHB hospitals including Waikato, Thames, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumarunui.

The end of year results of the 2009/10 Health Targets have been published within national and local newspapers and our results show a solid end of year achievement with an overall increase of performance in all areas.

Today the Minister of Health released the fourth quarter results of the health targets introduced as a way of improving the performance of health services. The targets provide the health sector, both secondary and primary, with a clear focus for action.

Improved Access to Elective Surgery is one of the areas in which Canterbury District Health Board has excelled in the 2009/10 End of Year Health Target results.

Medical radiation technologists (MRTs) have made a counter offer in an initiative to settle the collective agreement with DHBs before the nationwide strike on September 7.

Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - Eighty seven percent of two-year-olds are fully immunised, up from 81 percent a year ago, new district health board (DHB) figures show.

Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - Eighty seven percent of two-year-olds are fully immunised, up from 81 percent a year ago, new district health board (DHB) figures show.