Northland GP Grahame Jelley awarded rural medicine s top honour
9 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kerikeri GP Grahame Jelley has been awarded New Zealand s top honour in rural medicine. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Kerikeri GP Grahame Jelley has been awarded New Zealand s top honour in rural medicine. Photo / Peter de Graaf
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A Northland GP who arrived in New Zealand 20 years ago with nothing more than a job offer and $78 in his pocket has been awarded the country s highest honour for rural medicine. Grahame Jelley, who until recently worked at The Doctors in Kerikeri, has been named this year s winner of the Peter Snow Memorial Award.
GP Grahame Jelley recognised for more than 30 years of dedication to rural health
4 May, 2021 08:33 AM
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Dr Grahame Jelley was named as the 2021 recipient of the Peter Snow Memorial Award at the National Rural Health Conference in Taupō last week. Photo / File
Dr Grahame Jelley was named as the 2021 recipient of the Peter Snow Memorial Award at the National Rural Health Conference in Taupō last week. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
A former Bay of Plenty GP, who now works in Kerikeri, has been recognised for more than 30 years of dedication to rural health and his commitment to advancing Māori health outcomes.
Health New Zealand reforms raise questions over cost, local voice
21 Apr, 2021 06:14 AM
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All of New Zealand s 20 District Health Boards will be replaced by one, single national health body responsible for the running of all hospitals, the Government has revealed.
All of New Zealand s 20 District Health Boards will be replaced by one, single national health body responsible for the running of all hospitals, the Government has revealed.
RNZ
By Eleisha Foon of RNZ
The Government s plan to shake up the New Zealand health system has been met with shock, concern and scepticism from some.
The major restructure will see the 20 district health boards replaced by one new body, Health New Zealand, which will plan services for the whole population.
Health experts are optimistic the government s shake-up of the health system will create much needed substantial change.
Announced today, the government plans to scrap all 20 district health boards in favour of a single entity, Health NZ, that will take over the day-to-day running of the health system.
A new Māori Health Authority will sit alongside Health NZ and have joint decision-making rights strategy and policy at all levels.
Māori Health Authority
The new Māori Health Authority will have the power to choose what services it funds.
Sitting alongside Health NZ, it will also have joint decision-making rights on strategy and policy at all levels.