Health New Zealand is meeting its targets, but a doctors' union says that doesn't mean Kiwis are getting better care. 

New figures show cancer treatment is getting faster and child immunisation rates are improving. 

People are also spending less time, on average, in emergency departments. 

Resident Doctors' Association National Secretary Deborah Powell told Andrew Dickens that despite what these figures show, our healthcare system's under real stress. 

She says they don't have enough beds or staff to look after people in hospitals, and there's problems with radiology and the large volumes of patients they're being asked to see. 

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Health New Zealand is meeting its targets, but a doctors' union says that doesn't mean Kiwis are getting better care.&nbsp;
New figures show cancer treatment is getting faster and child immunisation rates are improving.&nbsp;
People are also spending less time, on average, in emergency departments.&nbsp;
Resident Doctors' Association National Secretary Deborah Powell told Andrew Dickens that despite what these figures show, our healthcare system's under real stress.&nbsp;
She says they don't have enough beds or staff to look after people in hospitals, and there's problems with radiology and the large volumes of patients they're being asked to see.&nbsp;
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Deborah Powell: Resident Doctors' Association National Secretary on the state of the healthcare system

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An employment expert says the Government's new directive against public servants working from home makes sense. 

The Public Service Commission has issued new guidance confirming all flexible work arrangements should be monitored and workers are not entitled to work from home. 

It's sparked legal action from a major public sector union. 

Employment expert Jennifer Mills told Andrew Dickens workers on flexible arrangements are likely not the main target of this move. 

She says studies show there's no productivity issues with hybrid workers, but there is with people working solely from home. 

Mills says hybrid models are still well within the current rules, but there does need to be express agreement and transparency to ensure it’s suitable. 

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An employment expert says the Government's new directive against public servants working from home makes sense.&nbsp;
The Public Service Commission has issued new guidance confirming all flexible work arrangements should be monitored and workers are not entitled to work from home.&nbsp;
It's sparked legal action from a major public sector union.&nbsp;
Employment expert Jennifer Mills told Andrew Dickens workers on flexible arrangements are likely not the main target of this move.&nbsp;
She says studies show there's no productivity issues with hybrid workers, but there is with people working solely from home.&nbsp;
Mills says hybrid models are still well within the current rules, but there does need to be express agreement and transparency to ensure it’s suitable.&nbsp;
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Jennifer Mills: Employment Expert on the new work from home guidelines for the public service

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/6f0cfe35-959d-4172-babc-b2440158bb39/transcript

Listen to the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast for Friday 13 December.

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Full Show Podcast: 13 December 2024 

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Don’t you hate it when the kids fight. 

The quiet war between David Seymour and Winston Peters has kicked up a little lately with both the boys playing games in court to win the hearts of the public. 

That's the problem when you’re a minor party, you need to make noise to be noticed. 

The big noise for a while has been David Seymour who has taken conversations by the throat with his Treaty Principles Act. Love it or hate it, you're all talking about it which is all a politician wants. 

Last week I warned that Winston has been a good boy while he’s held the Deputy Prime Minister job but that’s coming to an end in a few months and he does a swapsie with David Seymour. That will free his hand and you’ll hear much more from him. 

That's started, which explains why he’s taken over the railways. He wants to be seen as a saviour and solver. 

Seymour and Peters have very differing views of the railways - Winston blames past privatisation's. David wants to privatise 49 per cent of it. 

Winston also has a treaty principles strategy. He’s looking to cancel the legislation that already exists that proscribes how the treaty inveigles it’s way into legislation, it’s got a much better chance of success than Seymour's act and referendum but has flown under the radar since the election. That hacks him off. 

You’ve got to remember that Winston is an old school conservative and closer to the old socialists that cared about the working class. David Seymour is part of a new conservatism that believes in capitalism, markets and winner takes all. 

They’re not naturally compatible.

So the next 18 months looks to be increasingly entertaining and that’s a good thing because a contest of ideas is a good thing.

Don’t you hate it when the kids fight.&nbsp;
The quiet war between David Seymour and Winston Peters has kicked up a little lately with both the boys playing games in court to win the hearts of the public.&nbsp;
That's the problem when you’re a minor party, you need to make noise to be noticed.&nbsp;
The big noise for a while has been David Seymour who has taken conversations by the throat with his Treaty Principles Act. Love it or hate it, you're all talking about it which is all a politician wants.&nbsp;
Last week I warned that Winston has been a good boy while he’s held the Deputy Prime Minister job but that’s coming to an end in a few months and he does a swapsie with David Seymour. That will free his hand and you’ll hear much more from him.&nbsp;
That's started, which explains why he’s taken over the railways. He wants to be seen as a saviour and solver.&nbsp;
Seymour and Peters have very differing views of the railways - Winston blames past privatisation's. David wants to privatise 49 per cent of it.&nbsp;
Winston also has a treaty principles strategy. He’s looking to cancel the legislation that already exists that proscribes how the treaty inveigles it’s way into legislation, it’s got a much better chance of success than Seymour's act and referendum but has flown under the radar since the election. That hacks him off.&nbsp;
You’ve got to remember that Winston is an old school conservative and closer to the old socialists that cared about the working class. David Seymour is part of a new conservatism that believes in capitalism, markets and winner takes all.&nbsp;
They’re not naturally compatible.
So the next 18 months looks to be increasingly entertaining and that’s a good thing because a contest of ideas is a good thing.

Andrew Dickens: The quiet war between David Seymour and Winston Peters

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Deborah Powell: Resident Doctors' Association National Secretary on the state of the healthcare system

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