Karen Brown

In response to its mental health inquiry the Government today announced it would soon establish an new independent commission and widen access to mental health services. But it's refusing to set a… Video, Audio

People under sixty who are worried they may have bowel cancer are being offered a new screening service by a group of medical specialists. Screening is publicly funded, but only for those 60 to 74… Audio

The 'poor cousin' of health - mental health - is in line for major reform and the funds to back it in the Budget on Thursday.

A Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry, published late last year… Audio

A Wellington mother has described her battle with devastating post-natal distress after the birth of her first child.

Sally, not her real name, gave birth last year to a healthy baby boy. She… Audio

People living with mental health problems, in the community, say they value the support but also want more acceptance from others. Long-awaited improvements in mental health services are expected to… Audio

Junior doctors are accusing district health boards of going nuclear in their ongoing employment battle. Members of the Resident Doctors Association and DHBs met for a fourth time with the Employment… Audio

Family doctors are urging those who have not yet had the annual flu jab to get it as soon as possible . It comes as Australia grapples with thousands more flu cases than last year. RNZ health… Audio

Today the Employment Relations Authority, will begin urgent talks between junior doctors and district health boards in a bid to resolve their long running employment dispute. Members of the Resident… Audio

The Health Ministry still cannot say what extra mental health funding will be provided to Christchurch following the mosque shootings. It's almost two months since the attacks in which 51 people died… Audio

Junior doctors and their employers are at loggerheads over how many doctors have been turning up to work during the current strike. At 8 o'clock this morning the doctors will begin the fifth and final… Audio

Junior doctors are rubbishing figures that show that more than half of them are not taking part in the latest strike. Members of the Resident Doctors Association are in the third day today of a… Audio

Striking junior doctors are demanding that the Health Minister step in and sort out their deep employment row. Resident doctors began a five-day strike today, which district health boards say will… Video, Audio

RNZ health correspondent Karen Brown is outside Wellington Regional Hospital as the junior doctors' strike begins. Audio

An unprecedented five-day strike by junior doctors starting on Monday is now almost inevitable. The doctors will strike from 8am Monday until early next Saturday in the long row over their employment… Audio

South Auckland's busy Middlemore Hospital says it's doing everything it can to stop rising physical and verbal violence in its emergency department. A new pilot incident reporting system, known as… Audio

The Health Minister is poised to sack the entire Waikato District Health Board and replace it with a commissioner. David Clark has told the embattled DHB he's seriously dissatisfied with its… Audio

A prominent senior doctor says he's worried about patient safety as junior doctors vote for yet another strike. The doctors' union and district health boards are at an impasse in their row over the… Audio

Drug giants have told Parliament's health select committee that drug-buyer Pharmac is leaving terminally ill cancer patients to die rather than forking out for the latest drugs. Audio

Family doctors have this year's flu vaccine in stock and are now offering the free jab to priority groups. They are also reassuring the public that they can deliver separate vaccines against measles… Audio