25 Oct 2022

Reti puts pressure on Little over health system shortfalls

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 25 October 2022

The government's coming under more pressure over its health record, after the system comes under yet more strain.

The family of four-year-old Sebby Chua wants to know if more could have been done to prevent his death in Wellington Hospital last month.

National is now demanding the return of hospital wait time targets, sparking a political tit-for-tat over who's responsible for the crisis and what to do about it.

Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more.