Curtis Walker
Covid-19: Medical Council investigating Kaiapoi doctor
The Medical Council says it's urgently working with the Ministry of Health and the police to investigate a Kaiapoi doctor who has been filmed issuing fraudulent vaccination exemption certificates.
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Covid-19: Zero tolerance for anti-vaccination doctors from Medical Council
The Chair of the Medical Council says it has a zero tolerance for anti-vaccination messages.
In Northland, where the positive case of Covid-19 has just been confirmed, the DHB has confirmed two… Audio
Covid-19: Medical professionals warned not to spread misinformation
The Medical Council has warned that New Zealand doctors who spread misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccination rollout could lose their jobs.
The council has recieved 13 complaints… Audio
Māori doctors excited for new health authority
Māori doctors believe a new health authority for tangata whenua will have the power it needs... but warn the devil's in the detail.
The government will create a new Māori Health Authority as part of… Audio
'Getting Better' podcast - A Better Chance of Dying.
In episode one of Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student, Trainee doctor Emma Espiner is with the Wallace whānau whose lives changed after Colin Wallace suffered a stroke… Audio
A Better Chance of Dying
Emma Espiner goes to Porirua to meet the Wallace whānau and hear about a night in ED that changed their lives. Audio
Are retired doctors and nurses returning to work?
The Medical Council and Nursing Council are the organisations charged with accelerating re-certification and re-registration of doctors and nurses offering to return to the frontline. Kathryn talks… Audio
Waitemata DHB calls for urgent guidelines on informed consent
Waitemata DHB is calling for the urgent drawing up of national guidelines on how patients give their informed consent, amid a women's health controversy at North Shore Hospital.
Phil Pennington… Audio
Palmerston North doctors say hospital facilities are outdated
Doctors at Palmerston North Hospital have told their bosses there aren't enough operating theatres, the emergency department is totally inadequate and the intensive care unit is outdated. Their… Audio
Victim takes aim at Medical Council
A Wellington woman who complained to the Medical Council about the disgraced GP Deane Drew says the process was intimidating, too slow, and focused on the doctor not the victims. Drew was struck off… Audio
Best Song Ever Written - Imagine
Curtis Walker from Lower Hutt has chosen 'Imagine' by John lennon. Audio