Rowan Quinn
NZ doctor in Melbourne: mentally draining dealing with Covid
In Australia, a New Zealand doctor is dealing with as many as a hundred covid cases a day at the epicentre of the massive Melbourne outbreak. Former Wellingtonian Megan Robb is the director of… Audio
COVID ALERT LEVEL - Rowan Quinn
Bryan Crump Speaks to RNZ's Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn. Audio
Delays to cervical self-screening tests lead to more cancer
Doctors are pleading with the Ministry of Health not to further delay a cervical cancer self-screening test they say will save lives. The test for the virus which causes the cancer, is much less… Audio
Auckland public health tried to get out of contact tracing requirements
Auckland's public health service tried to get out of having to meet big new Covid-19 contact tracing requirements, saying it thought they were unnecessary.
Like all public health units, it was asked… Audio
Lack of urgency around measles vaccinations last year - GP
A plan to find and vaccinate hundreds of thousands of young New Zealanders who may not have measles immunity is due to be laid out by the government today.
Doctors say if they had acted earlier the… Audio
Fewer babies born early during lockdown
A leading obstetrician says she hopes new evidence that shows fewer babies were born prematurely during the lockdown could help prevent future early births. Hospitals in Denmark and Ireland revealed… Audio
Doctors investigate why there were fewer premature births under lockdown
Doctors say there were fewer babies born prematurely in New Zealand's lockdown - following a trend also seen overseas.
They say understanding what's behind the change could help save some babies from… Audio
Thousands of children are overdue a dental check-up
More than 135,000 Auckland children are overdue a dental check-up. Covid 19 restrictions have made long standing waiting lists in the city worse. Auckland woman, Ellie, has seen first hand how the… Audio
The Best of First Up for Friday 26 June
On the podcast today, A father shares how lifechanging it's been since his son with cystic fibrosis got much needed medication funded by Pharmac and New Zealand adds another international womens… Audio
Football Ferns goalkeeper excited about NZ's winning FIFA bid
Goalkeeper Erin Nayler and the Footbal Ferns team spent an anxious night awaiting the announcement from FIFA on New Zealand's bid to host the Women's World Cup. Audio
NZ On Air 'calls for industry vetting after convicted paedophile worked on children's show What Now
New Zealand on Air is calling for an industry standard to vet staff who work around children on TV shows - after it was revealed children's show What Now employed a convicted sex offender. It was… Audio
Rotorua hotel in lockdown as community testing rates jump
RNZ understands a managed isolation hotel in Rotorua is in lockdown.
It comes a week after Northland and Auckland experienced near-record demand for Covid-19 testing in their regions.
RNZ's health… 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
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?
AudioNew Covid-19 cases: Health officials scramble to reach suspected contacts
Health authorities are scrambling to get in touch with 320 people to prevent Covid-19 spreading further than the two women who brought it back into the country.
The women were found to have the… 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
Health and Disability review shakes up health sector
Kathryn talks to Health Correspondent, Rowan Quinn about the wide ranging review of the Health and Disability sector led by Heather Simpson. An interim report, published in September, found the health… Audio
Important health subjects set to be dropped in final year at Otago University
Important health subjects are in line to be dropped from the final year of Otago University's medical degree.
The university has proposed no longer making psychological medicine, obstetrics or… Audio
Govt pledges $200m for south Auckland health, but more needed, leaders say
The government has allocated $200 million to improve health care in South Auckland but health leaders say it is only the beginning of what's needed.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Health… Video, Audio
Increase in Wellington children with rheumatic fever
There's been a sudden increase the number of Wellington children who've been hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever this year. The region's public health service has issued an alert, telling covid-19… Audio
