Nina Scott
Breast screening delays affecting thousands
A new report has found 50,000 women nationwide have had their breast screening delayed.
And it says the system is racist because of the worse rates for Maori and Pacific women.
It makes 26… Audio
More investment in cancer screening needed to improve equity - Māori health leader
A Māori health leader says more investment in cancer screening is needed to improve equity.
The government announced yesterday that it's committing $53 million towards making cervical cancer… Audio
Waikato DHB paints bleak picture of health inequities
The Waikato District Health Board has painted a bleak picture of the inequities experienced by Māori and Pasifika in its area.
The DHB says that 60 percent of patients receiving kidney dialysis are… Audio
Bookmarks with Nina Scott
Dr Nina Scott was a junior doctor working in paediatrics when she became frustrated at seeing the same children admitted to hospital. She's nowthe Waikato DHB clinical director of Māori health. She's… Audio
Māori more likely to die from cancer - Cancer Control Agency
Māori continue to be twice as likely as non-Māori to die from cancer.
That's the key finding of the country's new Cancer Control Agency's first rnajor report.
Mackenzie Smith reports.
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Maori cancer survival rates poor - linked to late diagnosis
Maori are missing out on early diagnosis for some important cancers like breast and colorectal cancer - and that means worse survival statistics.
However, for some others, such as lung cancer, there… Audio
Holistic care would reduce Maori children returning to hospital
A Waikato doctor says about half the young Maori children being admitted to hospital are returning within six months of being sent home. Audio
Why are prostate cancer outcomes in NZ so poor?
Dr Nina Scott is a Maori public health physician with Waikato DHB, she's a researcher for the University of Auckland and was on the research team for this study. She was the Ministry of Health's… Audio
