Healthcare
Nurse Dean Cowles
Dean Cowles is Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs who's work looks at Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Healthcare, inequities in Maori health and cultural awareness and safety… Audio
Fixing the GP crisis
A crisis in primary health care is worsening and calls are increasing for some hospital funding to be diverted to GPs. Audio
NZ's health leadership crisis
New health minister Simeon Brown is presiding over a list of resignations from high-ranking health officials. Audio
Funding a good death
Why the palliative care sector feels under fire, under-funded and under pressure to allow assisted dying practitioners into its facilities. Audio
When being colourblind backfires
The Detail: Is the government's new directive that public services should be prioritised on the basis of need, not race, a championing of equity - or has it just removed a vital tool from… Audio
Fears of privatisation by stealth in overwhelmed healthcare
As more and more healthcare becomes private, experts worry about increasing inequality in New Zealand Audio
Student nurses frustrated at lack of support in Budget 2023
A nursing student on the cusp of graduating says she's taking up a job in event management because the prospect of working in the field she studied is too grim.
Student nurses spoken to by Checkpoint… Audio
Foreign-trained nurses using NZ registration to move to Australia
Some overseas-trained nurses are using their New Zealand registration to leapfrog straight into a job in Australia.
Meanwhile, health recruiters say Australia and Britain are getting increasingly… Audio
Suicide amongst Doctors
There's growing concern for the mental health and wellbeing of doctors and medical specialists navigating a stressed health sector. In an editorial published in the NZ Medical Journal today, burnout… Audio
From free range Kiwi kid to founding global healthcare company Orion Health
Businessman and entrepreneur Ian McCrae founded Orion Health three decades ago, but after 30 years at the helm he's appointed a new CEO - his son in law Brad Porter. Ian McCrae remains an Executive… Audio
Massive health shakeup : will we see equity of access ?
The biggest change to our health system in two decades kick-in today with the establishment of Health New Zealand and the Maori Health Authority. Audio
Overflowing emergency departments "a perfect storm"
A top doctor is warning that long waits in over-run emergency departments this winter could result in increased illness, injury and death. Cases of influenza and Covid-19 are already putting pressure… Audio
Tired, frustrated allied health workers strike, urging fair pay
Surgeries around the country have been called off and appointments cancelled as tired and frustrated allied health workers strike for fair pay.
Allied health workers include the health staff who are… Video, Audio
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare post revenue drop
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has posted a drop in revenue for the first four months of the 2022 financial year, as demand related to Covid-19 decreases.
Staying alive for the next 40 years? Treasury is planning your future.
How will decisions made about Covid-19, climate change, housing and an ageing population play out 40 years from now? The Treasury is making predictions and wants the public to weigh in. Audio
Staying alive for the next 40 years? Treasury is planning your future.
How will decisions made about Covid-19, climate change, housing and an ageing population play out 40 years from now? The Treasury is making predictions and wants the public to weigh in.
AudioNZ's healthcare system racist towards Pasifika - report
The healthcare system has been labeled 'unacceptably racist', with Pasifika suffering the worst health inequities.
That's according to a new report by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
As RNZ… Audio
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Ron talks to Kathryn about some developments on the Donald Trump front. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News. Audio
National strike by New Zealand nurses tomorrow
Thirty thousand nurses will take part in an eight hour strike having overwhelmingly rejected district health boards' latest offer on pay and conditions. Audio
Calling Home: Dr Lisa Fletcher in Kathmandu
Lisa Fletcher moved to Kathmandu with her husband, Leighton, and their children, Annabel and Elliot, in 2019. Eight months later the pandemic struck, and now Nepal, like India, is in the midst of a… Audio
