Andrew Little

The Health Minister admits  the country's drug laws are out of date.

Critics of New Zealand's drug legislation say it's not in line with other countries, which treat drug use as a health rather than… Audio

Cabinet has agreed to on-going funding of $200 million a year so nurses in aged-care facilities, hospices and Māori and Pacific health-care organisations can be paid more.

On Monday morning Health… Audio

Doctors are telling the government general practices are stretched and under threat due to workforce shortages and underfunding.

The General Practice Owners Association has sent an open letter to the… Audio

Dozens of AUT nursing students have contacted Checkpoint, sharing harrowing experiences of their final year of study. Some describe driving long distances to unpaid hospital placements, having to… Video, Audio

The Mental Health Foundation is blaming extended wait times of mentally ill patients in emergency departments on under-investment.

ED staff at North Shore Hospital have laid a formal health and… Audio

The Health Minister is touting the prospect of more meningococcal vaccinations thanks to the government's extra funding for the medicines-buying agency, Pharmac. 

It could be included in the… Audio

No big city hospitals are meeting their target for treating emergency department patients within six hours.
 
A report into Middlemore Hospital described the emergency department as "dysfunctional,… Video, Audio

There's yet to be any word on what action - if any - the government will take in response to a scathing report on the state of Middlemore Hospital.

A review into the death of a woman after she left… Audio

Two new medicines are set to be funded by Pharmac, potentially affecting tens of thousands of patients.

A proposal released this morning would fund Spinraza, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

The government's unveiled a plan to recruit thousands of health workers, including international doctors and nurses, into Aotearoa's struggling hospitals, GP clinics, aged care and beyond.

Health… Video, Audio

Doctors are demanding health officials and the government face up to what they're calling a staffing crisis.

They say their pleas for help have gone unheeded, and now they're facing a "catastrophic… Audio

The government is considering widening free access to flu vaccines to help the health system which is struggling, not even one month into winter. 

GPs in Counties Manukau offered free visits over the… Audio

Checkpoint has recently been reporting on the GP shortage that's forcing some of you to travel hundreds of kilometres to see a doctor or in some cases wait months to get enrolled in a local clinic.

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