Des Gorman
'Dumb good luck' no outbreak after Covid-19 community case - health expert
It is "dumb good luck" rather than good management that no one else has so far tested positive for Covid-19 following the latest community case, a health expert says.
Auckland University Professor of… Video, Audio
Government urged to avoid shared air in MIQ
The government is being urged to stop using any managed isolation hotels that allow air to be distributed between different rooms.
A Northland woman who tested positive for Covid-19 days after she… Audio
Laura Fergusson Trust says it can go on after selling rehabilitation centre
A society set up more than 50 years ago to help people living with disability says it can keep going even as it sells off its rehabilitation centre.
One health specialist says the Laura Fergusson… Audio
Surface transmission of Covid-19 - what the experts say
What do we know about surface transmission of Covid-19? Auckland University Professor of Medicine Des Gorman talks to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio
Covid-19: Five imported cases tested negative pre flight
The National Party wants all people flying into the country are tested for Covid-19 before they embark, but at least five of the people who tested positive for Covid-19 in managed isolation yesterday… Audio
Medical professor says Covid testing before flying good idea
Is it worth testing travellers before they fly here? It's a policy the National Party want to bring in should they win the election - but critics believe it could go against civil liberties. Indira… Audio
Professor of Medicine on Health and Disability System Review
An professor of medicine says a review proposing an overhaul of the health system does not include any plans to address issues around the recrutiment and training of the health work force.
The… Audio
Foreign doctors squeezed out of jobs
Foreign-trained doctors who have sat and passed a key medical exam to work in New Zealand are frustrated they can't find work and are taking a case of discrimination to the Human Rights Commission. Audio
Pay parity for aged care workers
A new Human Rights Commission report urges the government to direct DHBs to ensure that aged care workers get pay rises. Audio
Foreign doctors may help fill gaps in health system
The group charged with meeting New Zealand's growing shortage of healthcare workers wants to provide more help to refugees and new immigrants to pass their clinical exams. Audio
Health Workforce NZ to make changes to specialist sectors
The government's being told the gap in pay between New Zealand and Australia medical specialists is resulting in the steady loss of the most experienced senior doctors from this country. Audio
Doctors moonlighting in Australia not creating shortage here
Health authorities say doctors moonlighting in Australia earn huge sums of money, but it's not causing shortages here. Audio
Skill shortage threatens some cancer treatments
Cancer treatment services in the central North Island are being downgraded temporarily because of a shortage of specialists. Audio
There's a massive shortfall in health workers
Des Gorman, Executive chairman of Health Workforce New Zealand. Cathy Gilmore, Professional nursing advisor for the NZ Nurses Organisation and Peter Foley, Chair of the NZ Medical Association joined… Audio
Chair of Health Workforce on plan to slow brain drain
Senior doctors and nurses say a plan to pay doctors while they're on their OE could help slow the brain drain to Australia. Audio
General practitioner shortage
Professor Des Gorman, chair of Health Workforce NZ; and Harry Peart, president of the Royal NZ College of GPs speak about a new plan that aims to address the long running shortage of GPs in this… Audio
New crown agency determined to find more doctors
In the wake of a dismal international ranking, the Health Minister says the Government is already moving to increase the number of medical specialists. Health Workforce New Zealand and Association of… Audio
