Doctors adopting AI faster than rules can keep up
Survey data suggests nearly four out of five clinicians in New Zealand have started to use AI tools…
NZ will be forced to put saving livelihoods before saving lives of endangered birds
Comment: I’m not saying the Government’s got its priorities right or wrong. I’m perching like a disoriented brown…
Insurer accuses gynaecologists of protecting their margins, not their patients
A bid to collectively negotiate gynaecology contracts is about preserving prices “significantly above competitive levels”, not protecting women’s…
Health budget shortfall: Unions warn of up to $600m funding gap
Budget 2026 falls $300 to $600 million short of funding the health system to maintain existing services, according…
Warning over what major insurer’s proposal means for women’s healthcare
A major shake-up in how the country’s largest health insurer approaches gynaecological care has practitioners and advocates worried…
Why satellites should be in our orbit
Comment: Did you check the weather this morning? Use Google Maps to get somewhere? Watch television, take public…
‘Unsustainable situation’ drives senior lab scientist out of NZ hospitals
Opinion: Terry Taylor has worked as a medical scientist in Dunedin Hospital’s pathology laboratory for 33 years. He…
Middle East conflict will ‘likely disrupt’ NZ’s supply of medicines
New Zealand’s supply of generic medicines is vulnerable to disruption as a result of shipping restrictions through the…
Disabled people are experts in our own lives – listen to us
Comment: The release of the Window on Disability report by Te Tāhū Hauora, the Health Quality and Safety…
An uncomfortable truth: NZ’s money-losing medical monopoly is too big to fail
Analysis: For most of us, visits to Awanui Labs will become more frequent as we get older. Its shopfront…
The missing Budget funding that is needed more than hospitals
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New school curriculum cuts mention of ‘mental health’
Health and Māori experts have raised concerns over the draft health curriculum, which has erased all explicit mentions…