Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Hand-arm vibration
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, profes...
23 Apr 202410min
Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Full-body vibration
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...
23 Apr 202410min
Episode 29: System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms
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 ...
5 Mars 202438min
Episode 28: System Fix: Episode 25 - From Little to Reti in 2023
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 unexpec...
15 Feb 202445min
Episode 27: Educate Long Read: The Arms Act - an explainer for healthcare professionals
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 ...
24 Okt 202312min
Episode 26: Long Read: Episode 2 - The Bourne Identity: GP to CMO (Joe Bourne)
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
4 Aug 202315min
Episode 25: Long Read: Episode 1 - Winners are grinners: Lloyd McCann
New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Alan Perrott's profiles Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann in the first of our Long Read series
27 Juli 202313min
Episode 24: System Fix: Episode 24 - Chatting with Abbe Anderson
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 Zeal...
21 Juni 202346min
