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Study links falls and cognitive decline in care homes

WELLINGTON: Admitting seniors who have some form of cognitive impairment could expose skilled residential care/nursing… read more

HealthCare New Zealand pulls out of some DHB contracts

TIMARU: HealthCare New Zealand has announced the proposed restructure to staff, with feedback due back… read more

Nurses vote for three strikes to chagrin of DHB

GISBORNE: Gisborne Hospital nurses and their nationwide public hospital colleagues voted yesterday to go on… read more

Union says acute wards too crowded to be safe

WELLINGTON: A doctors union says mental health wards in hospitals are often so crowded that… read more