11 Aug 2025

Heart healthcare failing at every level: Report

From Morning Report, 8:07 am on 11 August 2025

A damning new Otago University report exposes deep flaws in New Zealand's heart healthcare system, including a lack of staffing that means the country only has a third of the cardiologists it should. Waikato cardiologist and Chair of the Cardiac Society Professor Martin Stiles spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.