New Zealand to consolidate health care into national service
NICK PERRY, Associated Press
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1of6New Zealand s Health Minister Andrew Little speaks to the media at Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 7, 2021. New Zealand announced Wednesday, April 21, 2021 it will overhaul its fragmented healthcare system to create a new national service similar to the one revered by many in Britain. Little said that over three years, the currently divided into 20 district health boards will be replaced by a single new body called Health New Zealand. (Ben McKay/AAP Image via AP)Ben McKay/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, New Zealand s then Justice Minister Andrew Little speaks to the media in Wellington, New Zealand. Now the Health Minister Little said Wednesday, April 21, 2021, that New Zealand will overhaul its fragmented healthcare system to create a new national service similar to the one revered by many in Br
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Usually “reform” of government agencies is a cost cutting exercise in disguise, but this morning’s revision of the health system looks totally different. These reforms amount to the biggest shake-up of the health system since the neo-liberal .
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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.
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A grieving widow whose dying husband was told to wait eight weeks for an urgent specialist assessment says she will grow old alone and her children are without a father.
“We simply do not need 20 different sets of decision-makers,” Little said in a speech.
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Local input will be key to avoid a system “designed in Wellington and then delivered in Coromandel Town”, University of Waikato Professor of Rural Health Roger Strasser said. The new model will be doomed to fail if it s “designed in Wellington and then delivered in Coromandel Town”, University of Waikato professor of rural health Roger Strasser said. But it could be great if people in local areas can have a say in how it’s developed. He’s hoping to see less fragmentation, paperwork and reporting, so more resources can be put into caring for patients.