Health system hit by growing wait times - is there an easy fix?
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New Zealand’s health system is facing yet another crisis.
Figures show that some people are waiting over six hours for emergency treatment at hospitals, while others are facing year long waits to book surgeries.
While the health system is still recovering from Covid-caused delays, Opposition parties and the public want to see change now.
But is a quick fix even possible in our underfunded and overburdened healthcare system?
Today, Dr Deborah Powell, national secretary of the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association, joins Damien to get a health professional’s perspective on what’s going on with our wait times.
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Host: Damien Venuto
Producer: Shaun D Wilson
Executive Producer: Ethan Sills
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