Chris Jackson
Oncologist's tweet could entice US specialists to move to NZ
A tongue in cheek tweet by a New Zealand oncologist after Donald Trump's presidential win, could entice sought after cancer specialists to Aotearoa. On the night of the United States election… Audio
Why NZ is being dragged into the war in space
The US is rallying its allies to bring it up in a battle straight out of science fiction - a war in space Audio
Why NZ is being dragged into the war in space
The US is rallying its allies to bring it up in a battle straight out of science fiction - a war in space
AudioGovt cancer drug list three years old
At a select committee hearing yesterday, Doctor Shane Reti doubled down on National's promise saying it would fund the specified drugs, but the cancer drug list he's working to is 3 years old and… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 27 May
On today's episode, excavation work is expected to start today at the site of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, which is estimated to have killed more than 670 people, five women are facing… Audio
Too many people diagnosed with cancer at ED - specialist
A cancer specialist says the scarcity mentality pervading the government's approach to funding healthcare is contributing to high rates of people being diagnosed with cancer after an emergency… Audio
Oncologist on HDC report into southern cancer care
A report into how cancer patients in the Southern District are treated shows health authorities were more concerned about saving money, than those who needed life saving treatment.
The highly… Audio
An eye in the sky to detect methane emissions
MethaneSAT is the first New Zealand government funded space mission. A joint project between the United States' Environmental Defense Fund and New Zealand, the project will see a methane sensing… Audio
An eye in the sky to detect methane emissions
MethaneSAT is the first New Zealand government funded space mission. A joint project between the United States' Environmental Defense Fund and New Zealand, the project will see a methane sensing…
AudioCancer treatments ongoing under lockdown - Dr Chris Jackson
Every year more than 25,000 New Zealanders find out they have cancer, so what happens with diagnosis and treatment during a level 4 lockdown?
And for those people who are part-way through their… Video, Audio
Confidential Pharmac meetings open to entire staff
Highly confidential meetings where Pharmac ranks the funding priority of potentially life saving medicines are open to its entire staff including admin workers with no medical experience.
Pharmac… Audio
Waikato DHB cyber attack 'despicable' - Cancer specialist
A leading cancer specialist has labelled the Waikato DHB cyber attack as a "despicable act" with the potential to harm patients.
Among other problems, the hospital has been unable to retrieve the… Audio
Cancer doctors criticise proposed Pharmac child cancer funding change
Two of the country's leading cancer experts have slammed Pharmac's proposal to take away the special exemption which gives children with the disease any drug they need.
Oncologists Chris Jackson and… Audio
Healthcare professionals react to sector overhaul
The government has announced a massive health sector overhaul which will see all 20 district health boards around New Zealand abolished. In its place will be a new body, Health NZ, which will plan… Audio
Cancer treatment delays devastating families
The Cancer Society says there are chronic problems with cancer treatment in most of our DHBs with unacceptably long wait times for surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Data collected by the Health… Audio
Cancer Society not surprised by report findings Māori more likely to die of cancer
The Cancer Society says it isn't surprising Māori are more than twice as likely to die of cancer than other New Zealanders.
That is one of the findings of a report from the Cancer Control Agency… Audio
Cancer Control Agency:Maori suffering disproportionately
The Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o Te Kahu, has released its first report on the state of cancer in New Zealand, which found that Maori still suffer disproportionately from the disease. It says if we… Audio
Cancer Society on Cetuximab funding stoush
An internal stoush at Pharmac means funding for a drug for terminal bowel cancer patients have been shelved for more than a decade.
The Cancer Society's medical director Chris Jackson told reporter… Audio
Stoush at Pharmac blocks funding for bowel cancer drug
An internal stoush at the drug-buying agency Pharmac has blocked funding for a life-extending drug for bowel cancer patients, that's available in 52 other countries.
Meanwhile, patients are going… Audio
Obese people facing delays for gynaecological cancer diagnosis
Overweight people in South Auckand are facing delays to gynaecological cancer diagnosis because the hospital can't see them quickly enough.
Counties Manukau DHB says women with a body mass index over… Audio
