Karen Brown

Senior doctors say overwork and burnout are becoming a major problem in the health sector and more must be done to recognise it. Audio

Doctors say widening the information held in this country on cancer will boost patients' chances of beating the disease. Audio

The Government drugs manager Pharmac is likely decide within weeks to fund an expensive new cancer drug and widen access to another. Audio

Thousands of New Zealanders have had to remove gluten from their diet for health reasons -- they have Coeliac Disease and can't tolerate even small amounts of the protein. Audio

A departing top manager at Wellington's Capital and Coast District Health Board says naivety governed some key former decisions affecting the DHB. Audio

The number of New Zealanders suffering from Coeliac Disease is increasing, with an estimated 1% of the population being forced to remove food containing gluten from their diet. Audio

The Health Ministry has removed those who are obese and children from deprived communities from those eligible for free flu jabs this year. Audio

Problems in the leadership and clinical management of mental health services in Hutt Valley have sparked an independent inquiry. Audio

The Government says it agrees improvements to maternity care are needed and changes are under way. Audio

GPs in Thames will soon be working in the local hospital as part of a pilot project designed to ease growing workforce pressures. Audio

There were a record number of births in one day at Waitakere Hospital in west Auckland last week. Audio

Doctors are pouring cold water on a suggestion Auckland's new community lab testing service is not only now stable, but could be better than the old service. Audio

A new report says the handover of community laboratory testing in Auckland was critically flawed. The Chair of the Auckland DHB when the transition took place was Pat Snedden. He admits the process… Audio

Wellington's debt plagued Capital and Coast District Health Board had its first meeting today under revamped leadership. Audio

Medical laboratory workers have ended strike action while they consider a pay offer and radiographers have accepted a pay offer they'd been considering. Audio

Full nationwide screening for bowel cancer moved a step closer today with the announcement that Auckland's Waitemata District Health Board has been selected to run a 24 million dollar pilot bowel… Audio

The Mental Health Foundation says the incarceration of a patient in a secure unit against her will is a wake-up call. Audio

The public's health watchdog has found that a homeless Auckland woman was incarcerated in a secure hospital unit unlawfully and against her will. Audio

The Auckland District Health Board has been faulted by the public's official health watchdog after it was revealed a woman with mental health and alcohol problems was incarcerated in a secure unit… Audio

The parents of Wellington child cancer patients have been told they won't be compromised by a new scheme backing Auckland and Christchurch as the main providers. Audio