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Health Minister Andrew Little announces the Government plan to abolish the 20 DHBs.
A mega-agency – and a Māori agency – will replace the country’s DHBs. This is the most dramatic change to the health system in 20 years. Keith Lynch explains. Can we start with some context? Sure. Twenty years back, the Helen Clark-led Labour government introduced the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, which led to the creation of 20 district health boards (DHBs) across the country. These organisations were set up to provide and fund healthcare in their regions. That’s one DHB for about every 250,000 New Zealanders, on average. But in reality they come in all shapes and sizes. The smallest, on the West Coast, is responsible for 32,000 people, while the Canterbury DHB is responsible for about 550,000.
Beach trips are a traditional part of our summers, but for some Kiwis and their family members living with a disability it can be a limiting experience.
Around 1 in 4 New Zealanders have a disability. Their disability arises not from their impairments but from having to live in world designed by people who think everyone is the same.
It is society, not the individual’s impairment, that is disabling. Thus, it is society that should be enabling.
Examples of enabling measures are seen in efforts to provide beach access for those with disabilities with the installation of beach mats for wheelchairs, or the provision of beach wheelchairs.
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