Treasury suggested boosting primary care funding would give better bang for buck than pouring extra millions into new cancer drugs.

A new round of job cuts at Te Whatu Ora will result in the axing of 268 commissioning positions, according to the Public Service Association

A sweeping review of courses at the University of Auckland could see some courses and programmes in health sciences cut, but no clinical programmes from the medical school will be affected 

A proposal to cut 4500 Te Whatu Ora jobs, including 470 doctors and almost 1500 nurses, has been dubbed “appalling” by a long-serving health official

New ESR data shows a 45 per cent jump in the number of syphilis cases recorded in New Zealand in 2023, the New Zealand Sexual Health Society says

THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Service is continuing to monitor pertussis numbers following the release of Environmental Science and Research data showing 224 notified cases recorded since the start of the year.

Several key Te Whatu Ora health IT projects, including the flagship Hira programme, are now facing an uncertain future due to the Budget cutbacks, Stephen Forbes reports