Sarah Dalton

Four-thousand senior doctors and dentists have voted to join 90,000 workers across health and education in mega strike action later this month. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive… Audio

Senior doctors have voted to strike for 48 hours later this month, despite pleas from the Health Minister not to. Last week Simeon Brown asked Te Whatu Ora and the doctor's union to go into binding… Audio

The Health Minister is being warned to keep his nose out of pay negotiations with senior doctors.. with their union also claiming he could be breaching employment law. Yesterday Health Minister Simeon… Audio

The Medical Council's moving to make it faster and easier for doctors who've been trained overseas to work here. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah Dalton spoke to… Audio

Mediawatch looks at the debate over whether private or public providers should be cutting waiting lists for surgery, or what combo of both will work best - and how sick leave suddenly surged to the… Audio

Mediawatch looks at the debate over whether private or public providers should be cutting waiting lists for surgery, or what combo of both will work best - and how sick leave suddenly surged to the… Audio

In today's episode, convicted double murderer Mark Lundy has been released from prison, more medical specialists are ditching the public health system in favour of working in private hospitals, a… Audio

The new data from the Medical Council and released by the senior doctors' union tracks the distribution of medical specialists between public and private work between 2022 and 2024. Association for… Audio

The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says the pay offer from Health New Zealand would have amounted to a pay cut, when inflation is taken into consideration. Executive director Sarah Dalton… Audio

Is health insurance worth the money? Ke-Xin Li went to find out. Audio

In today's episode, members of the Waitangi Tribunal have been welcomed onto Te Whare Runanga marae ahead of the arrival of Kuini Nga Wai hono i te po, - the Kiingitanga and Te Pati Maori, Pacific aid… Audio

The senior doctors' union is frustrated the government won't say which departments at Dunedin Hospital will have fewer beds under the new plan, unveiled last week. Association of Salaried Medical… Audio

Large parts of Auckland Hospital were without water on Wednesday night, due to a leak in one of the hospital's wards. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah Dalton spoke… Audio

GPs say patients who desperately need hospital treatment are increasingly not even making it onto waiting lists. Ruth Hill reports. Audio

ACT Party leader David Seymour is questioning the cost-benefit analysis for a proposed new medical school at Waikato University - estimated to cost $380 million. Sarah Dalton from the Association of… Audio

Fresh off a pledge not to cut senior medical staff, RNZ can reveal Health NZ's latest plan is to reduce the number of chief medical officers in the country's hospitals. Sarah Dalton heads the union… Audio

Public health experts fear critical programmes for disease prevention and detection could be lost or downgraded with looming budget cuts at the National Public Health Service. Ruth Hill reports. Audio

A patient who died in the waiting room of Rotorua Hospital's emergency department last month had been waiting three hours. Ruth Hill reports. Audio