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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    A couple's been charged with defrauding a person over two years - with bogus cancer treatment bills to the tune of more than one-million-dollars
     14 August 2025
    A couple's been charged with defrauding a person over two years - with bogus cancer treatment bills to the tune of more than one-million-dollars
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    Thousands of planned procedures and appointments face delays, due to further industrial action by nurses and midwives in three weeks
    14 Aug: Thousands of planned procedures and appointments face delays, due to further industrial action by nurses and midwives in three weeks... more
    The Mental Health Minister is sheeting issues in Canterbury's mental health services - back to previous Governments
    13 Aug: The Mental Health Minister is sheeting issues in Canterbury's mental health services - back to previous Governments... more
    The coroner's report into the death of a 27-year-old mother and her newborn son at their West Auckland home, highlights challenges in postpartum care
    13 Aug: The coroner's report into the death of a 27-year-old mother and her newborn son at their West Auckland home, highlights challenges in postpartum care... more
    Belief lessons can be learnt after two Canterbury mental health patients murdered members of the public
    13 Aug: Belief lessons can be learnt after two Canterbury mental health patients murdered members of the public... more
    Ethnicity is a powerful indicator of health needs – cutting it from a new GP funding formula is a mistake
    12 Aug: Even after poverty is taken into account, Maori and Pacific people have a shorter life expectancy and higher cancer rates compared with people from other ethnic groups.... more
    A wave of winter illnesses has hit Christchurch - with schools, early childhood and the city's medical centres feeling the strain
    12 Aug: A wave of winter illnesses has hit Christchurch - with schools, early childhood and the city's medical centres feeling the strain... more
    An urgent need to stop Kiwis dying of heart disease - currently responsible for 20-percent of all deaths
    11 Aug: An urgent need to stop Kiwis dying of heart disease - currently responsible for 20-percent of all deaths... more
    Pharmac is opening up access to two covid-19 antiviral medicines, from September
    11 Aug: Pharmac is opening up access to two covid-19 antiviral medicines, from September... more
    A man has died - after doctors repeatedly missed opportunities to detect his cancer
    11 Aug: A man has died - after doctors repeatedly missed opportunities to detect his cancer... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     05 Aug: A Dunedin pub has been banned from selling alcohol for two days, after running social media giveaways promoting the sale of alcohol ++++++++++++++++
     27 Jul: Fire and Emergency is reassuring strike action by unionised firefighters will not reduce or impact the services ++++++++++++++++
     26 Jul: General practice owners say they're delighted about changes to the funding systems +++++++++++++++
     29 Jul: Bargaining efforts don't appear to have dissuaded nurses from walking off the job at 9am tomorrow +++++++++++++++
     18 Jul: Health officials have identified six new locations of interest in Feilding as they confirm three further measles cases, linked to recent cases in the Wairarapa +++++++++++++
     25 Jul: Potential good news in Marlborough for the small town of Havelock. +++++++++++++
     26 Jul: More capacity for Auckland's North Shore Hospital - with a quicker pathway to gynaecological cancer diagnosis +++++++++++++


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