Waitemata Dhb
The brand new hospital that has no budget to operate
The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore. Audio
At-risk patient 'should have been on constant observation'
A mental health patient who died while under the care of Waitemata DHB last month was only being observed every hour despite telling nurses he wanted to die and was actively seeking ways to harm… Video, Audio
Parents say govt policy violates rights of disabled people
The foster parents of a young man with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, who is believed to have killed himself in a mental health unit last month, say the human rights of disabled people are being… Video, Audio
More delays for people missed by bowel screening programme
Around 15,000 people who have had to wait up to seven years to take part in a bowel screening programme will have to wait several more months to be checked for cancer. Audio
30 people develop cancer after missing out on bowel screening
15,000 people missed out on a free bowel screening programme at Waitemata DHB, far more than the 2500 people previously identified. Thirty people developed cancer and at least one person has died. Video, Audio
Person dies following bowel screening computer glitch
Three people developed bowel cancer, one of whom died, after 2500 Waitemata residents weren't invited to a screening programme due to a computer glitch. Karen Brown reports. Audio
Man dies awaiting bowel cancer assessment by Waitemata DHB
A man in his early 50s died of advanced bowel cancer which was never treated because, despite waiting for months, he couldn't get to see a hospital specialist. Audio