Philip Bagshaw
Open letter from medical academics seeks to fix health system
Professor Philip Bagshaw, along with his wife Dame Sue Bagshaw and a dozen or so other leading health academics and clinicians from around Aotearoa, have penned an open letter to a group of… Audio
'Unethical' bowel screening decision caused deaths - surgeon
A top surgeon and a cancer researcher have accused the Ministry of Health of letting the Southern District Health Board join the National Bowel Screening Programme too early saying the decision has… Audio
Health overhaul: What's on charity surgeon's wishlist
Hundreds of people who work in health care are gathered at parliament on Wednesday to hear details of the biggest restructure of the health system in decades.
Health Minister Andrew… Audio
Philip Bagshaw: why doctors need to speak out
New Zealand is stuck in an austerity model for health and it's about time doctors spoke out about it moving to an investment model, the founder of the Canterbury Charity Hospital says. Audio
Are patients seeking hip/knee replacement surgery waiting longer?
Figures from District Health Boards, released by the Labour Party, show that 13 out of 20 of them are making it tougher for people to get hip and knee surgery. Between a baseline of 2012 and 2015… Audio
Doctors dub govts elective surgery funding boost a dead duck.
Doctors are dubbing the Government's 98-million dollar injection into elective surgery a dead duck. Audio
Demand for Elective Surgery
Karen Brown explores the demand and continuing unmet need for elective surgery Audio
Christchurch Charity Hospital
Christchurch Charity Hospital opens a new wing which will offer expanded counselling, a free dental service, and free colonoscopies. Audio
Charity hospital says still unmet need for elective surgery
The Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust says the government's claim of increasing elective surgeries does not match reality. Audio