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The Ministry of Health s nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign is now under way with border workers and MIQ staff and their household contacts the first to start receiving the vaccine.
A new report to the Counties Manukau District Health Board shows it has been grappling with the potential legal and ethical ramifications of dealing with staff who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19. South Auckland has been at the epicentre of the two most recent outbreaks and there has been debate about people in the area getting the jab first. The Ministry of Health s nationwide vaccination campaign began on February 19, with border workers and managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) staff and their household contacts the first to start receiving the vaccine. Non-border frontline healthcare workers are expected to be the next in line.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: South Auckland DHB s vaccination conundrum
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There is a compelling case for reforming the way New
Zealand’s district health boards (DHBs) are funded
starting with two relatively low cost technical measures.
DHBs are important because they are responsible for both
community and hospital healthcare – both their planning
and funding. Consequently around three-quarters of
government health spending goes to DHBs.
While the
Heather Simpson review of the health and disability system
touched on funding it was not a feature of its final report.
Providing that it doesn’t fall down the Simpson trapdoor
of massively overhauling health system structures thereby
distracting its focus from what really matters, the