Des Gorman
NZ Initiative calls for urgent action on GP workforce
The New Zealand Initiative is again calling for urgent action to secure the GP workforce and expand their role.
It says a paper published in this month's New Zealand medical journal about GP's taking… Audio
Questions over contractors in health system
Are contractors and consultants manipulating the public health system, doing a poor job or charging over the odds?
Alarm bells are ringing over such a lack of checks and balances that it is… Audio
Covid-19: How will Whangārei's battered hospital cope?
Whangārei's dilapidated, decaying hospital is preparing for an influx of Covid-19 cases, and staff say it's only a matter of time before bed space runs out.
The Northland DHB has been trying to get… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland and Waikato await alert level decisions
Cabinet will today review the alert level restrictions in Waikato and Auckland.
The regions are currently in alert level 3 step 1, with both having seen a steady rise in Covid-19 cases in recent… Audio
Covid-19: Medical professor not happy with border
A medical expert says not enough safety precautions are being taken with those crossing the border south of Auckland.
Twenty-three thousand people with exemptions drove out of the city's alert level… Audio
Prof Gorman argues for dedicated pandemic response agency
It is time to move away from a "reactive isolationist response" and lower the draw bridge to the outside world, according to one health expert.
In an editorial for the Internal Medicine Journal… Video, Audio
Covid-19: Group 4 vaccine rollout officially kicks off
The long-awaited rollout of Covid-19 vaccines to the general population starts today, but the government is being told to come clean about when people can really expect to get their shot.
The first… Audio
Covid-19: No MIQ rule changes in 2021
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins is backing away from any suggestion there could be changes to MIQ requirements by the end of the year.
At his weekly press conference updating progress on the… Video, Audio
Des Gorman alarmed at Viking Bay quarantine measures
A medical specialist says 15 foreign fishermen, who are in MIQ in Wellington, pose a risk and should be kept locked in their rooms.
The men, one of whom has the Delta variant, are among the crew of… Audio
Let vaccinated travellers isolate at home like air crew - Gorman
It is time to ditch the 'one-size-fits-all' managed isolation and quarantine for people who are fully vaccinated, Professor of Medicine Des Gorman says.
Several businesses have told Checkpoint they… Audio
Covid-19 tourist's visit to Wellington
New Zealand's Covid-19 response is swinging into action again after a positive case in Sydney was announced. Auckland University Professor Des Gorman talks to Jesse about the bubble between New… Audio
Covid-19: Travel bubble paused with NSW
Quarantine-free travel from New South Wales to New Zealand was paused at midnight last night and will be in place for at least 72 hours.
That followed the announcement of 10 new cases on Tuesday… Audio
Pfizer teen approval great news - Gorman
A professor of medicine believes more children will get immunised for Covid-19, if they're not put at the end of the vaccine queue. Medsafe has given a provisional all-clear for 12 to 15 year olds to… Audio
Researchers have little hope for change in health system
A pair of prominent researchers say there's little hope the reforms proposed by the Heather Simpson report will make a difference.
A paper published in the New Zealand Medical Journal this morning… Audio
Covid positive border worker last tested 6 months ago
Des Gorman speaks to Jesse about the problems at the borders when it comes to managing the vaccine roll out for workers. Audio
Health experts astonished it took so long for Covid-19 test register to become mandatory
The government's move to make it mandatory for all testing of border workers to be recorded on a central register is being derided as coming a year too late.
Health experts say it's astonishing it… Audio
'Ridiculous' register of border workers Covid-19 tests not already mandatory - Gorman
A health expert is lambasting the Government for its handling of border workers' Covid-19 testing records.
The Government is to make it compulsory for all employers of border workers to use a… Audio
Covid-19: Medical expert slams anti-vax magazine
Health experts say a new anti-vaccine publication with links to Advance New Zealand should be ripped up and thrown in the bin.
The 48-page magazine is starting to appear in letterboxes throughout the… Audio
Covid-19: 'Frankly dangerous' conspiracy theory magazine condemned by health professionals
Health experts say a new anti-vaccine publication with links to Advance New Zealand should be ripped up and thrown in the bin.
The 48-page magazine is starting to appear in letterboxes throughout the… Audio
'I can't see a consistency in our risk appetite' - Prof Des Gorman
Auckland University Professor of Medicine Des Gorman talks to Lisa Owen about the latest Covid-19 alert level decision. Video, Audio