Deborah Powell

The Health Minister has announced a six-point strategy to recruit more nurses and doctors as well as other medical professionals.

It's been estimated 8000 more nurses and 3400 more doctors will be… Audio

Junior doctors are demanding that the Auckland District Health Board go back to the drawing board again over its hotly debated visitor policy.

Following criticism by nurses, staff and patients, on… Audio

Children and teenagers suffering from severe anxiety and depression are having to wait more than six months for treatment in Wellington.

A central city youth mental health service has been running at… Audio

The Resident Doctors' Association is appalled by what appears to be a significant breach of Waikato DHB data.

A group claiming responsibility for a ransomware attack against the DHB claim they have… Audio

Details about the cyberattack that brought Waikato DHB to a screeching halt remain scarce.

Resident Doctors' Association national secretary Dr Deborah Powell told RNZ it was her understanding the… Audio

Surgery and several hundred outpatient appointments have been cancelled because of the cyber attack at Waikato DHB.

Dr Deborah Powell, national secretary of the Resident Doctors Association and the… Audio

National Secretary for The NZ Resident Doctors Association Deborah Powell speaks to The Panel. Audio

Health worker unions are furious Worksafe is refusing to investigate how seven Waitakere Hospital nurses were infected with Covid-19.

Worksafe says the Waitemataa DHB has already investigated and… Audio

A doctors' union fears the Waitematā District Health Board is covering up mistakes that led to seven of its staff contracting Covid-19.

Staff from Waitakere Hospital tested positive for the… Audio

A lack of air conditioning at Hawke's Bay Hospital is leaving staff and patients sweltering in 30 degree heat, and unions say it's so hot it's becoming unsafe to work.

Fans and ice blocks are being… Audio

It's so hot it's becoming unsafe to work. That's how unions are describing temperatures at Hawke's Bay Hospital - with staff and patients sweltering in 30 degree heat due to a lack of air… Audio

An Auckland MRI technician says staff are literally running between patients as they try to get their work done and slash growing backlogs.

More than 2000 Auckland patients are on waiting lists for… Audio

More than 60 Otago University medical students are now caught up in an investigation into using overseas work placements to go on holiday.

The university has already found that 15 final year students… Audio

District Health Board-employed radiographers are striking again.

Apex Union has announced more than 80 'partial strikes' across all 20 DHBs.

The strike affects radiology services such as general… Audio

Junior doctors will go ahead with strike for 48 hours from next Tuesday, after mediation failed. Audio

The union representing most junior doctors is rejecting harsh criticism from a new breakaway union. The new union, Specialty Trainees of New Zealand, or SToNZ, is made up of trainee surgeons. It says… Audio

Nurses at Middlemore Hospital's emergency department are being issued personal emergency alarms for their safety after a spike in violent assaults on staff. Audio

Medical staff at emergency departments around New Zealand have been stretched to their limits after record high patient admissions over the summer. Now they're worried about what winter will bring as… Audio