Ian Powell
Patients likely to be big losers in new health reforms - Powell
The former executive director of the senior doctors' union, Ian Powell, says patients are likely to be big losers in newly announced health reforms.
The Government yesterday unveiled massive changes… Audio
The Panel with Brodie Kane and Scott Campbell (Part 1)
The results of a survey into safety on Wellington streets with Victoria University students Sophia Harrison and Ella Lamont. The health system is under "serious stress" and the Cabinet is poised to… Audio
The Panel with Heather Roy and Ian Powell (Part 2)
Saliva testing; What's next for the United States? Should we put our pronouns in our email signatures? Audio
The Panel with Heather Roy and Ian Powell (Part 1)
As we know there are are three new community cases of Covid-19 in South Auckland. Genomic sequencing has revealed the cases are the UK variant with no clear link to MIQ, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Audio
What the panellists have been thinking
What panellists Heather Roy and Ian Powell have been thinking. Audio
This Day in Music History
On this day in 1965, after changing his stage name from Toby Tyler, a future UK rock star performed his first single. Audio
The Panel with Heather Roy and Ian Powell (Part 1)
Independent economist Cameron Bagrie joins The Panel to discuss New Zealand's explosive property market and the latest moves by the Reserve Bank. An anti-bullying initiative called KiVa has been one… Audio
What panellists Heather Roy and Ian Powell have been thinking
What panellists Heather Roy and Ian Powell have been thinking about. Audio
Election 2020: DHB deficits still out of control
Labour has failed to get DHB deficits under control this term despite going hard on underfunding when in opposition.
At the moment 19 of the 20 DHBs are in the red but the problem of health boards… Audio
Coronavirus: Former health union leader backs David Clark's demotion
The Health Minister's failure to observe the lockdown rules has been described by a former health union leader as an honest mistake but one that warranted punishment.
Despite the national Covid-19… Audio
Ian Powell: speaking up for senior doctors for three decades
Ian Powell has been the public face of the senior doctors union for the last three decades. He was the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists' first Executive Director in 1989, when the union had… Audio
More complex illnesses hitting hospitals - doctors' union boss
Deficits, decaying hospital buildings and inadequate disaster preparedness are some of the problems identified in the latest Controller and Auditor General's report into District Health Boards.
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Senior drs would be "sympathetic" to Waikato DHB intervention
The Waikato District Health Board has been given notice by the Health Minister David Clark it could be sacked and replaced with a commissioner if its performance doesn't improve. It has two weeks… Audio
DHBs face million dollar bills after underpaying holiday pay
Thousands of health workers may be owed millions of dollars because of years of underpayments under the Holidays Act. But after three years trying to untangle the mess, the district health boards are… Audio
What needs to change in NZ health? - Panel discussion
For more on the proposed health review we're joined by Kate Baddock, who chairs the Medical Association, Ian Powell - executive director of Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, and Rhys Jones… Audio
Underfunding behind DHBs budget blowout - senior doctors
Senior doctors are blaming under-funding for a big blowout in district health boards debts. Latest Health Ministry figures show DHBs will be in the red to the tune of $189 million by the end of the… Audio
Middlemore leaky buildings: Health Ministers in dark
Both the current and former Health Ministers say they were kept in the dark about the extent of the leaky and buildings at Middlemore Hospital. Health Minister David Clark says he's had some frank… Audio
Senior doctors welcome DHB chair's resignation
The executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, Ian Powell, says the resignation of the Waikato DHB Chairman Bob Simcock follows a period of destabilisation at the DHB. He… Audio
NZ doctors under pressure like never before - ASMS head
Medical heads of departments working for Counties Manukau DHB say there is a chronic shortage of staff. They responded to a survey by ASMS saying they need 45 more senior specialists. Video, Audio
Waikato DHB leadership 'failed abysmally' - Ian Powell
The senior doctors' union says it's no surprise the chief executive of the Waikato district health board has quit after an investigation into his overspending. Yesterday the DHB accepted Nigel… Audio
