Rowan Quinn
New Covid-19 cases: Health officials scramble to reach suspected contacts
Health authorities are scrambling to get in touch with 320 people to prevent Covid-19 spreading further than the two women who brought it back into the country.
The women were found to have the… Audio
NZ set for major health overhaul after Heather Simpson report
District Health Boards will be overhauled and two new government health agencies created in a massive revamp of the health system.
The government has released its final Health and Disability System… Audio
Health and Disability review shakes up health sector
Kathryn talks to Health Correspondent, Rowan Quinn about the wide ranging review of the Health and Disability sector led by Heather Simpson. An interim report, published in September, found the health… Audio
Important health subjects set to be dropped in final year at Otago University
Important health subjects are in line to be dropped from the final year of Otago University's medical degree.
The university has proposed no longer making psychological medicine, obstetrics or… Audio
Govt pledges $200m for south Auckland health, but more needed, leaders say
The government has allocated $200 million to improve health care in South Auckland but health leaders say it is only the beginning of what's needed.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Health… Video, Audio
Increase in Wellington children with rheumatic fever
There's been a sudden increase the number of Wellington children who've been hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever this year. The region's public health service has issued an alert, telling covid-19… Audio
Primary health care nurses want same pay as colleagues
Nurses who've swabbed tens of thousands of people in the fight against Covid 19 say they're getting the praise - but not the pay - for putting themselves on the line. Primary health care nurses - who… Audio
Coronavirus: Health budget grows by $4 billion
The government will put an extra $4 billion into the health system over the next four years, including funding to catch up on all the procedures that were cancelled because of the lockdown.
The… Audio
Budget 2020: Health gets major funding boost to fight Covid-19
The health system has received a huge cash boost in an early budget announcement, in part to help it catch up because of Covid-19.
The government will give more than $4 billion to District Health… Audio
Health sector happy with funding overall, but gaps remain
The government is putting almost $4-billion into the country's health system over the next four years,
RNZ's health correspondent, Rowan Quinn, speaks to Māni Dunlop about the reaction from the… Audio
Govt announces $3.9 billion for DHBs
The government has just announced a big boost for hospital and health service funding. It's to spend an additional $980 million a year over the next four years for District Health Boards. There's also… Audio
MPs hear NZers' traumatic experiences under Covid-19 lockdown
The trauma of the Covid-19 lockdown on those who had nothing to do with the disease was laid bare for MPs on Wednesday.
The Epidemic Response Committee has been hearing about experiences of death -… Audio
Funeral directors call for harsh rules on attending services to end
The Epidemic Response Committee has today focused on the lockdown's impact on those who work with the dying and those left behind.
RNZ's Health Correspondent, Rowan Quinn, speaks to Māni Dunlop. Audio
Coronavirus: Experts urge caution after zero new cases
Zero cases might be a cause for celebration but it'll be the tamest party on the block if health experts have their way.
They say New Zealanders can pat themselves on the back for reaching the first… Audio
Coronavirus: Hospitals told to avoid surgery for older or overweight patients
Hospitals are being told to consider putting off surgery for older or seriously overweight patients as they start to resume their normal work.
In a memo to DHBs, the Ministry of Health urges them to… Audio
Coronavirus: Cancer patient's hospital stay for small procedure
A terminal cancer patient has spent days in a half-full hospital waiting to have a procedure that should have taken an hour.
Some doctors have been urging hospitals to get back to business as usual… Audio
Coronavirus: Invercargill woman fighting for her life described as 'stable'
An Invercargill woman fighting for her life in Dunedin hospital and five of her family members still don't know how they got Covid-19.
The family is believed to be among the rare cases of community… Audio
Coronavirus: Up to 30,000 awaiting surgery after lockdown
An estimated 30,000 people have had their surgery delayed or deferred because of the Covid-19 lockdown.
While many of those are classed as elective, the conditions can still be very serious, with… Audio
Coronavirus: Surgeries off at private hospitals too
As many as 30,000 people have missed out on operations because of the lockdown.
Public hospitals stopped a lot of their non-life threatening surgery as they prepared for a possible wave of Covid-19… Audio
Coronavirus: Fertilty treatments put on hold during lockdown
Thousands of people are facing uncertainty and worry after having their fertility treatment put on hold because it's not an essential service.
Fertility clinics shut up shop when the lockdown hit for… Audio
