Covid 19 coronavirus: The Government, the Ministry of Health and fixing the dissonance between them
10 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Ashley Bloomfield called the chasm between Cabinet and the ministry dissonance . Chris Hipkins called it frustrating and disappointing . Photo / Mark Mitchell
Ashley Bloomfield called the chasm between Cabinet and the ministry dissonance . Chris Hipkins called it frustrating and disappointing . Photo / Mark Mitchell
OPINION:
Why is the Ministry of Health so poor at doing what it s told, and how can this be fixed? This is the crux of the independent report by Heather Simpson and Sir Brian Roche, who were brought in to babysit the ministry when the testing at the border wasn t being done properly.
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Hipkins revealed in Parliament last week his office received a copy of the report on September 30. It was sent back to the panel after the Ministry of Health disagreed with some of the findings, and the final report was delivered on November 27. The report should have been released before the election - but as we learned today in Parliament, the Government has simply sat on the report since then. The minister would not even commit today in Parliament to releasing the report before Christmas, Bishop said earlier this week. This is simply unacceptable - The suspicion must be that the Ministry of Health has spent the time since September 30 fighting to stop the report being released and trying to change the findings of the independent panel.