Shane Reti

The government is moving to scrap the so-called postcode lottery for surgery, beginning with cataract operations.

Under the old system, district health boards had different thresholds for who… Audio

The Therapeutic Products Bill is one of those pieces of legislation that requires a fair bit of panel-beating in a select committee, and even then not everyone's happy with its shape.  Audio

The National Party is accusing the government of hiding the results of a review of the Maori Health Authority, Te Aka Whai Ora. Health Minister Ayesha Verrall received the report six weeks ago, and… Audio

Data on wait times for emergency departments, operations and cancer treatment are now six months out of date.

In March, Te Whatu Ora was forced to pull inaccurate figures on emergency departments… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Meka Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori taking the media by surprise, a media organisation and a politician censured… Audio

The National Party says it will pay off part of the student loans nurses and midwives rack up during study, if they commit to working in New Zealand for five years. They'd pay… Audio

Some health professionals are describing Te Whatu Ora's data on emergency department wait times as "gobbledygook", saying the authority is either fudging the numbers, or has made a huge error.

One… Audio

The emergency department crisis is resulting in paramedics caring for patients in public spaces.

Auckland Hospital's emergency department was so full on Monday night it turned away six ambulances… Audio

The Associate Health Minister, Ayesha Verrall, has told National's Shane Reti he should renounce his medical oath to do no harm after voting against a new tobacco ban.

A bill ensuring people born… Audio

Third year nursing students are pleading to be paid during their hospital placements with many feeling broken and abused by the system before they are even fully trained.

On Checkpoint on Friday… Video, Audio

A Government task force has delivered 101 recommendations to cut surgical wait times - but no targets for when they will be achieved.

The recommendations include giving GPs more ability to diagnose… Audio

Patients in need of urgent care are waiting longer than they have in years to be seen in hospital emergency departments.

The latest figures, to June this year, show the falling numbers of people… Audio

The health minister says he understands why midwives are taking the Ministry to court and that he was horrified to hear of workers' experiences.

More than 1300 midwives are involved in the class… Audio

National's health spokesperson Shane Reti says Hutt Valley District Health Board is not the only one with major building problems.

It's been revealed that the DHB's main block has been rated at 15… Audio

the National Party health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says it's not good enough for the government to blame hospital wait times on the pandemic. Yesterday, Health Minister Andrew Little announced a… Audio

The Director-General of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will step down from his role at the end of July - a year prior to his term being up.

It comes amid a pandemic, major reforms of the sector, and… Audio

Big questions are being raised over whether hospitals are accurately reporting their massive spending on often highly paid contractors.

There's a warning the health reforms could make the public… Audio