Ruth Hill

Photo: VNP/Louis Collins A Labour Party MP who accused the Health Commissioner Lester Levy of says she makes "no apology" for holding the government to account.

Photo: RNZ The Health Commissioner's claim during Parliament's scrutiny week that "overspending" is to blame for Te Whatu Ora's financial crisis has outraged health workers and their unions.

A 'Responsible Clinician' - usually a psychiatrist - legally must be assigned to patients under compulsory mental health treatment orders. Photo: 123RF

Healthcare assistants and triage nurses have been asked to cover toilet breaks and pick up more paperwork. Photo: RNZ

Photo: UnSplash/ Stephen Andrews The public health system is making slow progress on achieving the government's health targets, with three actually getting slightly worse or flat-lining over winter.

Photo: 123RF Making special laws to control people suffering mental illness is as pointless as forcing people with diabetes to get treatment, claims one psychiatrist.

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller There should be "no place for " in the new Mental Health Bill, an academic specialising in human rights and legal coercion says.

The successful programme for pregnant Māori and Pasifika and their babies in South Auckland has been forced to cut services, amid warnings of a whooping cough epidemic.

Photo: 123RF Midwives say loss of obstetric services at Whakatāne Hospital puts pregnant people and their babies at risk

Doctors and advocates are warning there is a risk some people will fall between the gaps. Photo: A. BENOIST / BSIP