Striking senior doctors ... for surgery and appointments, due to their 24-hour industrial action. Respiratory and sleep physician Andrew Davies, who was on the picketline outside Wellington ...

Specialists say the collapse of paediatric surgery services in Wellington is symptomatic of wider problems in the health system - with some arguing the barriers for overseas-trained doctors are ...

The state’s regional areas are facing a GP shortage, with younger medicos reluctant to relocate and replace retiring rural doctors. Wellington-based doctor Ian Spencer, 76, told The Daily ...

Striking senior doctors have hit back at the Health Minister's attack on their union for "forcing" patients to wait longer for surgery and appointments, due to their 24-hour industrial action.