New Zealand Doctor Podcasts

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

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…

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain and senior journalist Martin Johnston recap progress with the country's health reforms in 2021

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…

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…

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

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa reporter Martin Johnston interview health minister Andrew Little.

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…

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

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain caught up with folk in the rural health sector at the National Rural Health Conference to find out what they're thinking about the health reforms, in particular rural localities. Health and Disability System Transition Unit deputy director Martin Hefford provides some insights on the proposed…

Regular panelists, independent health researcher Gabrielle Baker and University of Auckland health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel, join New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain to take on the challenge of interpreting what this year’s Budget might mean for health and more specifically the health reforms, and catch up on progress wi…

Health minister Andrew Little revealed his plans for the health system on 21 April with a restructuring which went well beyond that recommended in the Health and Disability System Review. Barbara Fountain and regular panelists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel digest the news

Her Easter plans having changed unexpectedly and with an announcement on the new health sector structures expected before the end of the month, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain, spent a rainy day at home hunting out the audio from last year's Popcorn Panel discussing super-sized DHBs and the proposed Health NZ. Joining her f…

Barbara Fountain recaps the latest on the reforms taking place to the health system, and chats to Christchurch GP Vanessa Weenink and Auckland medical oncologist George Laking (Te Whakatōhea) – both with leadership roles in the sector – about the tricky issue of professional capture of systems and change; how veteran medical professionals could ben…

Episode 5: The System Fix panel – Barbara Fountain, Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel - continues sifting through the little official news currently available on the transformation of the New Zealand health system and find there’s more happening out there than first apprearances might suggest

Ep 4: Time tables, game changers, the perennial issue of power plays within government systems, and more on what a Māori health agency might look like, are all up for discussion by Barbara Fountain and regular panellists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa senior journalist Martin Johnston talks to health minister Andrew Little about progress with implementing the health sector changes as proposed by the Simpson Report

Disability services advocate Ruth Jones (Ngāti Porou) of Hei Whakapiki Mauri and Kanohi ki te Kanohi Consultancy and Jane Cartwright, chair of intellectual disabilities services provider Brackenridge Services, talk with New Zealand Doctor|Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain about why the Simpson report falls short for people with disabilities (Wi…

The Health Media’s Barbara Fountain, health sector consultant Gabrielle Baker (Ngāpuhi) and health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel start out on a journey, to follow the implementation of changes to the New Zealand health and disability system. We start with introductions, some initial thoughts on legislated charters, meaningful acknowlegement of te…

South Auckland GP Orna McGinn talks about the poor access to contraception in New Zealand and what needs to change

Christchurch GP and former army doctor Vanessa Weenink talks about the real meaning of command and control, and why bureaucrats just don’t get it when it comes to dealing with primary care

Shortly before this year's general election, Fiona Thomas spoke to Labour's David Clark about what he would do, should he become health minister.

There were two David Haslams at this year's RNZCGP conference in Dunedin. Fiona Thomas spoke to each of them. Here, she speaks to Professor David Haslam, chair of the UK's National Obesity Forum

There were two David Haslams at this year's RNZCGP conference in Dunedin. Fiona Thomas spoke to each of them. Here, she speaks to Professor David Haslam, chair of UK guidelines group NICE

Health minister Jonathan Coleman's media conference at Onslow Medical Centre in Wellington, launching the National Party policy of $18 GP fees

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Tim Malloy talks to Cliff Taylor about VLCA and primary care funding

Dr Malloy has just been re-elected as president of the college

Dr Tosh Stanley discusses how nutrition in first 1000 days of life can shape a child’s future health. University of Otago, Wellington.

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A philosophy of care can be defined as the underlying theory or set of ideas that informs the values and choices that you use to help meet your patients’ needs

Jo Scott Jones has advice for health professionals when they become ill

Northland Kyle Eggleton on GP action needed to alleviate inequity

The Tongan Health Society is looking into opening a satellite general practice in Tonga, in a bid to improve the health of Tongan immigrants before they arrive in New Zealand

Anne-Thea McGill calls for the Government to subsidise whole foods and tax junk food to help scale back the obesity epidemic

Health Hawke’s Bay PHO chief executive Liz Stockley shares her thoughts in the New Zealand Doctor Primary Thinking series

Health Hawke’s Bay PHO chief executive Liz Stockley shares her thoughts in the New Zealand Doctor Primary Thinking series

Recalls, results and referrals: Three Rs that bring responsibility. Jo Scott-Jones discusses this

Waiting for the end-of-year tax returns to assess your business’s performance is too late. Jo Scott-Jones suggests a better approach

First, some assumptions. As 21st century doctors we have the privilege of working in a society where the scientific method is widely accepted as providing an indication of what is “true” and what is not. This is the basis of the social contract we have with our patients: we have the ability to filter out what is “true” and to share that with people…

It is hard to approach any colleague with advice on their clinical management, especially a senior one. Jo Scott-Jones suggests how to handle it

RNZCGP president Tim Malloy is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, “Primary Thinking”. In a telephone interview, Dr Malloy talks about strategies on how to change the perception of GPs in the health sector as specialists. He also says the career structure of GPs need to evolve in scope and acti…

NZMA chair Mark Peterson is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, Primary Thinking

Jo Scott-Jones deliberates on how to raise obesity as an issue with patients who could benefit from some weight loss

Alliance contracting can be an unfamiliar model for those participating for the first time, as Jo Scott-Jones explains

All GPs have patients whose personality adds to the difficulty of providing care. Jo Scott-Jones offers some advice, not least to consider the wellbeing of your team