14 Sep 2024

Dr Martin Stiles on health targets

From Saturday Morning, 7:11 am on 14 September 2024
Dr Martin Stiles

Photo: Supplied: Martin Stiles

A top heart specialist says doctors are now having to schedule their own appointments because cutbacks to back office staff have gone too far.

Martin Stiles, chair of the NZ Cardiac Society, joins Saturday Morning to talk about the government's reiterated targets it has set for better immunisation coverage, faster cancer treatments, and shorter wait times for emergency departments, specialists and treatments.