Opinion – Ian Powell The Government is putting the health system at risk by abdicating the leadership duties and responsibilities of its Health Transition Unit to external business consultants. The Unit is based in the Prime Ministers Department and is responsible for the …
The Government is putting the health system at risk by abdicating the leadership duties and responsibilities of its Health Transition Unit to external business consultants. The Unit is based in the Prime Minister’s Department and is responsible for the implementation of the Heather Simpson review of the health and disability system.
The leadership and shape of the unit is revealed in a very good
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Health System At Risk By Government Abdicating Leadership Of Simpson Review Implementation To Business Consultants
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New Zealand has a good system but it s fragmented and under considerable stress the Health and Disability System report, or Heather Simpson report, found. (First published in June 2020)
A $5 million government unit set up to investigate halving the number of district health boards comes as some boards are appointing younger people as “observers” to learn about DHB governance. The unit, with 25 staff, is a waste of money according to National deputy leader and health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti, who wants the government to ditch the “health sector experiment” and focus the funding toward Covid-19 vaccinations or vulnerable patients such as those with rare disorders.