James Currie is an extended care paramedic who spends his days driving around Porirua and Hutt Valley, responding to low-acuity ambulance calls. He stitches up wounds, treats chest infections, ...

Editor Barbara Fountain searches the citations for this year’s King’s Birthday Honours for recipients with connections to ...

If the Government is serious about an investment approach then health and safety should be the poster child. Workplace harm costs us $4.9 billion a year and theres much we can do to prevent it.

Sharing donation statistics and stories each year also helps raise awareness of organ and tissue donation and the importance of having conversations about it, says Sue Garland, Donor Coordinator Team ...

New data shows a need for increased investment in addiction services, with long wait times and people being turned away from services despite increased need in the community, the NZ Drug Foundation ...

Alarmingly, the dominant musical soundtrack of my youth is now four decades deep. Post-punk was, and is, the most immediately ...

The THINK Hauora Board is pleased to announce the appointment of John Peters, MNZM, as Chairperson of the Board for the Primary Health Organisation (PHO). John succeeds Dr Bruce Stewart, who is ...

At an event in Dunedin to celebrate the Otago Medical School’s 150th anniversary, Chancellor Trish Oakley announced alumni Dame Margaret Sparrow, Professor Dinah Reddihough, Associate Professor Jioji ...

June is Aphasia Awareness Month, but if you don’t know what aphasia is, you are not alone. An estimated 1/3 of people who have a stroke will experience aphasia – i.e. roughly 29,000 New Zealanders are ...

New Zealanders overwhelmingly value their vision above all other senses according to recent market research, with participants saying they’d be willing to lose 5.6 years of perfect health, rather than ...

This June, Hato Hone St John is once again calling on the support of Kiwis to help raise $4.5million for the building and urgent repair of 13 ambulance stations around Aotearoa New Zealand. Hato Hone ...

We have ample opportunities for career progression, leadership and co-ownership, with a network of 65 practices. Our GPs are ...