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Turning the system upside down
From our water supply to our polytechnics, we're eschewing regional control for a more centralised approach. Why? Audio
Health reforms: diagnosis and second opinions
Parliament is considering a major health reform. We outline the symptoms, diagnoses and the treatment plans proposed by the different parties. Audio
Confused claims of Covid-compromised cancer care
A new campaign is urging people with possible symptoms of cancer to get a diagnosis - and never mind the lockdown. This week two media outlets claimed 'almost half of new cancers' went undetected… Audio
Nurses’ organisation horrified over hundreds of daily visitors
Hundreds of visitors are being allowed to visit Auckland DHB hospitals every day, despite the region being at the highest covid alert level due to the delta outbreak. The Nurses Union says it's absurd… Audio
Burnt-out nurses told to rely on each other as counselling services full
Burnt-out nurses are being told to seek help from one another because of high demand for external counselling services.
The nurses union says the government has not told them about any plans to boost… Audio
Warnings of more trouble ahead as RSV spreads
Medical professionals are warning of more trouble ahead with the highly contagious respiratory illness, RSV.
DHBs are scrambling to treat hundreds of young patients battling the disease, as other… Audio
Striking nurses begin to rally around the country
30,000 nurses have just walked off the job in support of their pay claim. They'll be holding pickets and rallies around the country. One of the first is in Christchurch. Kathryn speaks with RNZ… Audio
The health system changes that surprised the experts
The government's newly announced health plan heralds a massive change in the system. But commentators say its success depends on what's in the detail. Audio
Wrangling the monster that is our health system
The new Health and Disability Review is said to be the biggest shake up of the health system in a generation - so what was wrong with it in the first place? Audio
New Māori Health Authority to be set up after
District Health Boards will be overhauled and two new government health agencies created in a massive revamp of the health system.
One of those proposed agencies would be a Māori Health Authority… Audio
NZ set for major health overhaul after Heather Simpson report
District Health Boards will be overhauled and two new government health agencies created in a massive revamp of the health system.
The government has released its final Health and Disability System… Audio
Botched Census blowback has big effect on DHBs
Some DHBs are concerned the botched Census will reduce funding in some deprived areas, where the data won't be reliable enough. Audio
DHB asks govt for help with obese patients
Counties Manukau DHB says its facilities and services are severely under pressure, with some morbidly obese patients stuck in hospital for months because there are no community care units that can… Audio
Junior Doctors' Strike - Day 2
At the end of the second day of a five day strike by thousands of junior doctors who have walked off the job around New Zealand, we speak to David Munro from the Resident Doctors Association. Audio
DHBs under 'significant pressure' during doctors' strike, planner says
It will take months to catch up on the thousands of surgeries and appointments cancelled due to a five day junior doctors' strike that started today. Lisa Owen interviews the district health boards'… Video, Audio
Striking doctors demand David Clark intervene
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
NZ must push against anti-vax messages – health bosses
Hospital bosses say a national campaign is needed to counteract damaging messages being put out by the anti-vaccination lobbyists. It comes amid a measles outbreak in Canterbury - in which seven… Audio
Health Minister introduces Accord to improve nurses’ safe staffing levels
Health Minister David Clark has formed an Accord, to be signed by the ministry, nurses' union and DHBs, to address nurses' safe staffing levels. Video, Audio
Protests across New Zealand as nurses strike
Nurses rejected the latest pay offer from their District Health Board employers, and now 30,000 are on strike for 24 hours. Video, Audio
Emergency departments relatively quiet despite nurses’ strike
While Hawke's Bay Hospital had to call on an emergency agreement to get four extra nurses on wards today, other DHBs said they were relatively quiet despite the strike. Video, Audio