Emergency Services

In Napier as the clean-up continues, crime appears to be trending downwards.

Corin Dann spoke to Napier mayor Kirsten Wise, who told him now is the right time to lift the State of Emergency.
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After 28 days the national state of emergency for Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay ends on Tuesday morning and the two regions now enter the cyclone recovery phase.

They join Northland, Auckland, Waikato… Audio

In this Voices episode, we're talking to volunteers coming together to help the Hawkes Bay's community back on its feet again after Cyclone Gabrielle.  Audio

The National Party is seeking assurances that public data on cancer and acute care is not riddled with mistakes after the fiasco over Emergency Department wait times.

Te Whatu Ora has apologised for… Audio

Te Whatu Ora admits published emergency department performance figures are wrong. 

The Associate Dean Rural in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Auckland University, former Northland DHB… Audio

Te Whatu Ora has admitted some of its data on the emergency department wait times is wrong, and has since taken the entire page of health performance metrics offline.

But that concession comes as GP… Audio

The country's health entity has admitted there are mistakes in its published data and says it will correct it over time.

The incorrect figures were used by the Health Minister Ayesha Verrall… Audio

Te Whatu Ora admits there are some errors in its official figures on emergency department waiting times. 

Data showed a dramatic improvement in the EDs in the Northland, Southern and Taranaki regions… 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

Auckland Hospital was so busy on Monday that it had to divert ambulances to other hospitals.

It had to open an overflow zone in a public area, normally reserved for possible mass casualty events… Audio

An emergency medicine specialist in Auckland says doctors are worried about what will happen during winter after Auckland Hospital's emergency department had to turn away ambulances on Monday night.

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Auckland Hospital was so busy on Monday that it had to divert ambulances to other hospitals.

And it had to open an overflow zone in a public area, normally reserved for possible mass casualty events… Audio

Auckland Hospital's emergency department was so busy on Monday night that it had to divert ambulances to other hospitals.

And it had to open a special contingency area in a public part of the… Audio