New Zealand Doctor podcasts
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Podcast from the New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa newspaper. Featuring System Fix - the podcast for health reform junkies and more
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Episode 29: System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms
March 05, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIt'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 of Te Aka Whai Ora on Māori patients and providers and the wider reforms; The resulting brake on the rollout of localities, the increased...
Episode 28: System Fix: Episode 25 - From Little to Reti in 2023
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 45 minutes - 63.4 MBThe 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 and you will hear that theme loud and strong in this episode of System Fix. It's not a comprehensive look at the year - more of a fly by....
Episode 27: Educate Long Read: The Arms Act - an explainer for healthcare professionals
October 24, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBRecent 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
Episode 26: Long Read: Episode 2 - The Bourne Identity: GP to CMO (Joe Bourne)
August 04, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBNew 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
Episode 25: Long Read: Episode 1 - Winners are grinners: Lloyd McCann
July 27, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBNew Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Alan Perrott's profiles Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann in the first of our Long Read series
Episode 24: System Fix: Episode 24 - Chatting with Abbe Anderson
June 21, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBAbbe 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 knowing what people want of their health system, progress with sector restructuring, why that capitation offer won't go past 5 per cent, the gr...
Episode 23: System Fix: Episode 23 - It looked okay on a whiteboard - hearing from Rob Campbell
April 26, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBFive 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 Mr Campbell’s subsequent comments deserve more air time and replays it as part of this podcast episode. Mr Campbell provides the ultimate ...
Episode 22: System Fix: Episode 22 - New Year, new minister, and more
February 27, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBSystem 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 transition unit, progress with planned care, commissioning, iwi Māori partnership boards, localities, PHOs, capitation, pay parity, primary care f...
Episode 21: System Fix: Episode 21 - Talking about Iwi Māori Partnership Boards
September 29, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 32.9 MBIwi 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 Royal to take a look at the challenges facing these new boards
Episode 20: System Fix: Episode 20 - Rob Campbell and 1 July
July 12, 2022 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBSystem 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 board chair Rob Campbell, who admits he was quite shocked when he realised quite how dysfunctional the health system was
Episode 19: System Fix: Episode 19 - Almost there
June 20, 2022 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBAs 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
Episode 18: System Fix: Episode 18 - All about localities
April 27, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBSystem 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
Episode 17: System Fix: Episode 17 - Summer progress report
March 14, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBIt'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
Episode 16: System Fix: Episode 16 - And that was 2021
December 16, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBNew Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain and senior journalist Martin Johnston recap progress with the country's health reforms in 2021
Episode 15: System Fix: Episode 15 - The minister tabled a bill
November 04, 2021 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThe 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 you probably will - it's the bane of being a health reform junkie)
Episode 14: System Fix: Episode 14 - On holding true, the guys from TU
October 04, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutes - 34.6 MBNew 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, ultimately, selling the plan for health sector reform and convincing people to stay the course
Episode 13: System Fix: Episode 13 - It doesn't happen by magic
September 09, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 37.2 MBNew 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
Episode 1: Talking with Andrew Little - 6 August 2021
August 09, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBNew Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa reporter Martin Johnston interview health minister Andrew Little.
Episode 12: System Fix: Episode 12 - Where are we?
July 28, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 21 MBIt’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
Episode 11: System Fix: Episode 11 - Talking with Kim Gosman
July 07, 2021 23:34 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MBNew 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
Episode 10: System Fix: Episode 10 - Rural sojourn
June 23, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBNew 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 changes
Episode 9: System Fix: Episode 9 - The Budget, go figure
June 04, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBRegular 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 with the reforms rollout
Episode 8: System Fix: Episode 8 - The big reveal
April 23, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBHealth 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
Episode 7: System Fix: Episode 7 - Pondering DHBs and Health NZ
April 12, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 21.8 MBHer 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 from the archival audio footage are health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel, health sector commentator Ian Powell and ProCare medical direct...
Episode 6: System Fix: Episode 6 - On professional capture of change...and more
March 23, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MBBarbara 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 benefit from the education their younger colleagues are receiving, and the power shifts needed to help make reforms work
Episode 5: System Fix: Episode 5 - What's happening out there?
February 23, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 18.9 MBEpisode 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
Episode 4: System Fix: Episode four
February 01, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBEp 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
Episode 3: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 3 - Interview with health minister Andrew Little
January 22, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 14.8 MBNew 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
Episode 3: SYSTEM FIX: Episode three
January 22, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 14.8 MBEp.3 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
Episode 2: SYSTEM FIX: Episode two
December 18, 2020 01:11 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBEp.2 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 (With apologies for some technical glitches)
Episode 2: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 2 - What next for disability services?
December 18, 2020 01:11 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBDisability 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 (With apologies for some technical glitches)
Episode 2: SYSTEM TWO: Episode two
December 18, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBEp.2 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 (With apologies for some technical glitches)
Episode 1: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 1 - Getting started
December 07, 2020 03:13 - 26 minutes - 21.4 MBThe 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 Tiriti o Waitangi and transition – fast and slow
Episode 1: SYSTEM FIX: Episode one
December 07, 2020 03:13 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBEpisode one: 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 Tiriti o Waitangi and transition – fast and slow
Primary Voices - Dr McGinn
November 05, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBSouth Auckland GP Orna McGinn talks about the poor access to contraception in New Zealand and what needs to change
PRIMARY VOICES: With Orna McGinn
November 05, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBSouth Auckland GP Orna McGinn talks about the poor access to contraception in New Zealand and what needs to change
PRIMARY THINKING: With Vanessa Weenink
September 25, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBChristchurch 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
David Clark talks primary care
November 07, 2017 00:00 - 10 minutes - 8.7 MBShortly before this year's general election, Fiona Thomas spoke to Labour's David Clark about what he would do, should he become health minister.
David Haslam the second
August 30, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 10.1 MBThere 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
David Haslam the first
August 29, 2017 00:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBThere 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
The $18 GP fee
August 21, 2017 04:32 - 30 minutes - 13.8 MBHealth minister Jonathan Coleman's media conference at Onslow Medical Centre in Wellington, launching the National Party policy of $18 GP fees
Tim Malloy on VLCA
August 19, 2017 20:27 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBTim Malloy talks to Cliff Taylor about VLCA and primary care funding
Interview with Tim Malloy, RNZCGP
August 09, 2016 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBDr Malloy has just been re-elected as president of the college
Sponsored Podcast: Nutrition in the first 1000 days
March 22, 2016 00:00 - 10 minutes - 14 MBDr Tosh Stanley discusses how nutrition in first 1000 days of life can shape a child’s future health. University of Otago, Wellington.
First Time: Using social media
November 02, 2015 00:14 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBUsing social media by Jo Scott-Jones
FIRST TIME: Making more money
September 20, 2015 00:00 - 4 minutes - 5.66 MBJo Scott-Jones talks about ways of increasing your income
Developing a philosophy of care
September 01, 2015 00:00 - 7 minutes - 7.15 MBA 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