8 Podcast Episodes
Melissa Vining: cancer care advocate says Te Whatu Ora are not meeting national targets for treating cancer patients
Melissa Vining: cancer care advocate says Te Whatu Ora are not meeting national targets for treating cancer patients
Questions are being raised over Te Whatu Ora's honesty regarding health targets. Te Whatu Ora says they're treating 90 ... Read more
13 Jul 2023
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4mins
Melissa Vining: cancer care advocate on the collapse of Southland Hospital
Melissa Vining: cancer care advocate on the collapse of Southland Hospital
Cancer care advocate Melissa Vining says Southland hospital is on the brink of collapse. She says she's received a large... Read more
10 Oct 2022
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4mins
Melissa Vining - "It's seriously underfunded, and not just cancer services"
Melissa Vining - "It's seriously underfunded, and not just cancer services"
A health system breakdown appears to be piling up at the bottom of the country, with many heartbreaking ‘too late’ diagn... Read more
29 Apr 2022
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6mins
Melissa Vining on the Southland Charity Hospital
Melissa Vining on the Southland Charity Hospital
Is the inspirational wife of the courageous Southland cancer victim Blair Vining who updates progress on the Southland C... Read more
29 Jun 2021
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7mins
Melissa Vining: Blair Vining's widow reacts to new centralised healthcare plan
Melissa Vining: Blair Vining's widow reacts to new centralised healthcare plan
When New Zealand lost Invercargill cancer patient Blair Vining there was anger in the air.The 39-year-old, with the supp... Read more
21 Apr 2021
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2mins
Melissa Vining: Southland Charity Hospital offering services ahead of opening
Melissa Vining: Southland Charity Hospital offering services ahead of opening
Southland's Charity Hospital has made an early start before it's even opened by providing colonoscopies in Invercargill.... Read more
17 Feb 2021
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3mins
Melissa Vining: Southland's charity hospital finds a new home
Melissa Vining: Southland's charity hospital finds a new home
The Southern Charity Hospital now has a home - the Clifton Tavern.The charity project is the legacy of Winton man Blair ... Read more
18 Feb 2020
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4mins
Melissa Vining: Plans for charity hospital in Southland proposed
Melissa Vining: Plans for charity hospital in Southland proposed
A gap in cancer care in Southland has prompted plans for a charity cancer hospital to Southland.Cancer care advocates Bl... Read more
11 Sep 2019
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3mins