Podcast from the New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa newspaper. Featuring System Fix - the podcast for health reform junkies and more
…
continue reading
1
Episode 32: System Fix: Episode 28 - PSAAP and the making of a PHO contract
28:25
28:25
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
28:25
System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to colleague and journalist Fiona Cassie about her feature story "Boiled frogs, tight nooses: The making of a PHO contract" to learn more about the mysterious general practice contract "negotiation" process run under the PHO Services Amendment Agreement Protocol, or …
…
continue reading
1
Episode 31: System Fix: Episode 27 - Like a reheated burger
37:38
37:38
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
37:38
After a sojourn, the System Fix panel is back with an update of the last five months in health reform - that is the time BEFORE health minister Shane Reti turned Te Whatu Ora and the reforms on their head by ditching the board and installing a commissioner. The Government Policy Statement on Health, a reality check on health targets, the puzzling r…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 30: Waiting for COVID by Lucy O’Hagan
1:37:26
1:37:26
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:37:26
How well do you remember those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when New Zealand watched in apprehension as overseas the virus spread uncontrolled in Italy, health workers died on the job, and morgues ran out of room for the bodies of the dead. Specialist GP and writer Lucy O’Hagan remembers. In Waiting for COVID, Dr O’Hagan takes a personal jou…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Hand-arm vibration
10:59
10:59
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
10:59
Hand–arm vibration syndrome develops in stages and prevention is critical; when function deteriorates, it is necessary to consider it lost, unless a lot of hard work is put into rehabilitation, professor in occupational and environmental medicine David McBride explains. He reminds listeners of the usual occupational health algorithm: identify the h…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Full-body vibration
10:57
10:57
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
10:57
Exposure to high levels of whole-body vibration, such as that caused by driving forklifts and other forms of material handling equipment, can and does cause intervertebral disc degeneration. Professor in occupational and environmental medicine David McBride explains
…
continue reading
1
Episode 29: System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms
38:01
38:01
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
38:01
It's a cracker episode with panellists and health policy experts Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel joining me, Barbara Fountain, to catch up on the latest in health reforms. The panel convened in the middle of a week that started with the Parliamentary debate on the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora. You’ll hear about: The impact of the closure o…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 28: System Fix: Episode 25 - From Little to Reti in 2023
45:55
45:55
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
45:55
The year 2023 is quickly becoming a distant memory as the great Kiwi summer does an excellent job of wiping the neural slate clean. System Fix host Barbara Fountain takes the opportunity of an unexpected convalescence, to refresh her memory by looking back at her editorials in 2023. The heart of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aoteraroa is in primary care …
…
continue reading
1
Episode 27: Educate Long Read: The Arms Act - an explainer for healthcare professionals
12:28
12:28
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
12:28
Recent changes to the Arms Act 1983 and the launch of Te Tari Pūreke are intended to support the safe and responsible use of firearms in Aotearoa, making our communities safer. This article by Kendra Hill and Cathy Stephenson answers some common questions about the implications of these changes for health practitioners…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 26: Long Read: Episode 2 - The Bourne Identity: GP to CMO (Joe Bourne)
15:39
15:39
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
15:39
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Fiona Cassie talks to Joe Bourne, the first GP to hold the role of chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health
…
continue reading
1
Episode 25: Long Read: Episode 1 - Winners are grinners: Lloyd McCann
13:08
13:08
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
13:08
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Alan Perrott's profiles Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann in the first of our Long Read series
…
continue reading
1
Episode 24: System Fix: Episode 24 - Chatting with Abbe Anderson
46:24
46:24
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
46:24
Abbe Anderson is Te Whatu Ora national director commissioning. The buck stops with her for any items relating to funding and planning in primary care and community health. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain recently caught up with Abbe via Zoom. They chatted about her passion to see a reform built on knowin…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 23: System Fix: Episode 23 - It looked okay on a whiteboard - hearing from Rob Campbell
38:29
38:29
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
38:29
Five weeks after he was sacked as chair of the board of Te Whatu Ora, Rob Campbell reflected on what was going so wrong with the health reforms and what might be done to make it right. He was speaking to a meeting of the Fabian Society in Wellington. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain says that speech and M…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 22: System Fix: Episode 22 - New Year, new minister, and more
34:41
34:41
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
34:41
System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelists independent health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kuri) and Auckland University health policy professor Tim Tenbensel for the first episode of 2023. You name it, we cover it - a new health minister, the end of the transitio…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 21: System Fix: Episode 21 - Talking about Iwi Māori Partnership Boards
41:02
41:02
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
41:02
Iwi Māori partnership boards are a crucial element of the new health sector landscape. The boards are the Treaty partners in a system which has as a key priority achieving equity in health outcomes for Māori. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelist Gabrielle Baker and guest Simon Ro…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 20: System Fix: Episode 20 - Rob Campbell and 1 July
31:38
31:38
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
31:38
System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain provides a quick rundown of events around the 1 July launch of New Zealand's new central health entities - Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority, and then makes way for senior journalist Martin Johnston's interview with Te Whatu Ora…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 19: System Fix: Episode 19 - Almost there
32:54
32:54
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
32:54
As the 1 July deadline looms, System Fix host Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelists independent health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker and Auckland University health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel, for a whistlestop tour of the latest developments in the roll out of the health reforms
…
continue reading
1
Episode 18: System Fix: Episode 18 - All about localities
38:39
38:39
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
38:39
System Fix host Barbara Fountain is joined by New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa senior journalist Martin Johnston in conversation with Martin Hefford of the interim Health New Zealand, on the afternoon of 21 April, the day health minister Andrew Little announced the first nine prototype localities
…
continue reading
1
Episode 17: System Fix: Episode 17 - Summer progress report
34:13
34:13
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
34:13
It's been a while between podcasts, what with the summer break and now COVID making its mark in New Zealand. System Fix host Barbara Fountain joins regular panelists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel to catch up with progress on the roll out of the health sector reforms, or as we like to call it, the Big Little Revolution…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 16: System Fix: Episode 16 - And that was 2021
21:50
21:50
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
21:50
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain and senior journalist Martin Johnston recap progress with the country's health reforms in 2021
…
continue reading
1
Episode 15: System Fix: Episode 15 - The minister tabled a bill
54:44
54:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
54:44
The health reforms legislation - Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill - was tabled by health minister Andrew Little on 20 October and soon after passed its first reading. Regular System Fix panellists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel join host Barbara Fountain with a mission in mind - their own reading of the bill, so you don't have to (though we know y…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 14: System Fix: Episode 14 - On holding true, the guys from TU
43:10
43:10
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
43:10
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to Stephen McKernan, director of the Health and Disability Review Transition Unit, and his deputy, Martin Hefford, about function trumping form, a crucial health plan, central agencies vs local services, communities and localities, private providers, workforce, leadership and, ultimatel…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 13: System Fix: Episode 13 - It doesn't happen by magic
46:24
46:24
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
46:24
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to David Meates, former chief executive of Canterbury DHB and now roving health reform consultant, about how change happens in health systems…and more
…
continue reading
1
Episode 1: Talking with Andrew Little - 6 August 2021
20:35
20:35
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
20:35
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa reporter Martin Johnston interview health minister Andrew Little.
…
continue reading
1
Episode 12: System Fix: Episode 12 - Where are we?
26:08
26:08
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
26:08
It’s just over 400 days since the report of the Health and Disability System Review Panel, aka the Simpson Report, was released. New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain and regular System Fix panelists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel catch up on the latest developments in the roll out of reforms to the New Zealand health system…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 11: System Fix: Episode 11 - Talking with Kim Gosman
22:00
22:00
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
22:00
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks with rural health champion Kim Gosman about health reform and what it might mean for rural and Māori health
…
continue reading