Concern over colonoscopy cutbacks
About 80% of people who would once have qualified for free bowel cancer screening colonoscopies through Dunedin Hospital may not be having them now because they have to pay for them, Mercy Hospit
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Medical Council stands by decision to register rogue doctor
The Medical Council is standing by its decision to register an American doctor after mistakes he made during a birth contributed to the death of a baby.
Visitors using NZer's names to get treatment 'risking lives'
The Ministry of Health says it is concerned that foreign visitors are using New Zealand relatives' names to get medical treatment, but that there is no indication the problem is widespread.
NZers still dying from preventable cancers: specialist
Failure to diagnose and treat preventable cancers is killing New Zealanders, a Christchurch oncologist says.
Researchers take work to public
Funding woes force closures
Four inpatient beds, as well as day respite care services, will close at the Otago Community Hospice in the next month, as the home for the terminally ill struggles because of insufficient funding.
Norovirus suspected in latest closure
There is no link between a confirmed Norovirus outbreak that closed a ward at Dunedin Hospital for four days last week and the closure of two more wards on Sunday, hospital officials say.
Doctors, DHBs to resume talks
Research, training at risk – doctors
Increased spending on health research is urgently needed to stop more doctors moving overseas and protect doctor training, the country's two medical schools say.