A cold concrete floor, cold McDonald’s takeaways and a deep sense of injustice over a police crackdown more than 20 years ago – these are among the formative events in Chris Hipkins’ political life
The Ministry of Health has apologised and corrected a PwC influenza vaccination report it commissioned which falsely claimed the majority of general practices were closed during the first lockdown
It was an exciting time to start covering health. Democracy had been rediscovered at health boards, meeting doors were thrown open and, in central Auckland, a once-in-a-generation reshaping of hospital services was winding into action
Revised rules from the Ministry of Health should stop any DHBs from charging general practices for PPE required for COVID-19 swabbing, at all alert levels
It was an exciting time to start covering health. Democracy had been rediscovered at health boards, meeting doors were thrown open and, in central Auckland, a once-in-a-generation reshaping of hospital services was winding into action