Saturday, 22 May 2021, 4:17 pm
The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network is
remaining optimistic about the future of rural health
despite the lack of focus it received in yesterday’s
Budget announcement.
Network Chief Executive Dr Grant
Davidson says that this is frustrating given the attention
Health Minister Andrew Little gave to primary and community
care in his opening speech at the National Rural Health
Conference only three weeks ago.
“Was that the same
Minister that spoke at our conference on the Health Reforms
and the focus on primary and community care? Because this
just hasn’t been reflected in this Budget,” he
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Cut & Thrust: National MP Shane Reti s Budget dynamite flop, and who said the F word?
19 May, 2021 05:33 AM
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National Party deputy leader Dr Shane Reti. Photo / Mark Mitchell
OPINION:
It was the day before the Budget, and National s Shane Reti turned up with the stick of dynamite that would expose Labour s dastardly plan: or at least, he thought he did. Reti had obtained a letter from Health Minister Andrew Little to Finance Minister Grant Robertson with suggestions for saving money in the health sector: or at least he thought he had.
Robertson had said a while ago that about $1 billion in spare cash had been found by ministers doing a stocktake of their portfolios. The letter included a range of options for programmes or services that could be cut to save money in health.