3:37pm Thursday 23 Jan, 2020
St John has released emergency workload statistics for 2019 confirming the number of emergency ambulance responses continues to climb. Every year the... Read More
10:35am Thursday 23 Jan, 2020
Several brands of diet and “detox” tea have been withdrawn from sale after Consumer NZ found they contained a pharmacy-only medicine. Consumer... Read More
7:45am Monday 20 Jan, 2020
A Bay of Plenty hospital psychiatrist is planning on swimming the Cook Straight at 8.30am today. Bronwyn Copeland, one of the psychiatrists that works... Read More
10:02am Friday 17 Jan, 2020
As NCEA results are being released this week, it’s important that students and whanau remember that mental health is more important than... Read More
2:57pm Wednesday 15 Jan, 2020
Pharmac has struck a provisional deal to fund a breast cancer drug which petitioners and sufferers have been demanding. Government drug-buying... Read More
10:00am Friday 10 Jan, 2020
Child Cancer Foundation is calling for volunteers to help out with its annual street appeal on February 28 and 29. The appeal is the... Read More
6:50am Friday 10 Jan, 2020
One month on, victims of the fatal Whakaari /White Island eruption are still requiring round-the-clock medical care. The explosion on December 9 claimed... Read More
6:42am Thursday 09 Jan, 2020
Six Australian and one Kiwi nurse have been thanked for their selflessness and kindness for travelling to Whakatāne Hospital at short notice and helping... Read More
7:00am Thursday 19 Dec, 2019
A new research project will examine the effectiveness of drug checking programmes at music festivals to find out whether it helps keep people safe and... Read More
1:16pm Wednesday 18 Dec, 2019
New regulations will allow local cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis products that will potentially help ease the pain of thousands of... Read More
7:05am Friday 13 Dec, 2019
“What we were faced with on Monday was beyond comprehension.” This is what Whakatāne Hospital clinical leader and consultant anaesthetist... Read More
1:30pm Thursday 12 Dec, 2019
For the first time, New Zealand is going to have national guidelines for contraceptives, including ironing out any confusion around the seven-day break... Read More
1:21pm Thursday 12 Dec, 2019
Kiwis will soon be able to access life-saving defibrillators at 181 Countdown supermarkets across the country. With AEDs already in some of its supermarkets,... Read More
4:00pm Sunday 08 Dec, 2019
Jim Mather, who has served as chief executive officer of three organisations over the last 16 years, has been appointed the new chairman of the Lakes... Read More
7:10am Friday 06 Dec, 2019
After 10 years, Deryck Shaw is bringing down the curtain as chairman of the Lakes District Health Board. His tenure ends this week,... Read More