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STACY SQUIRES Andrew Little last year approved $154 million of Government funding to add a new tower block with 64 more beds to Christchurch Hospital’s $525m acute services building, Waipapa. (Video first published November 2020). Canterbury’s health board chairman and Māori health providers have welcomed the Government’s plan to abolish all 20 district health boards (DHBs) and replace them with a central agency. But a local board member has branded the changes “terrifying” and “undemocratic”. Health Minister Andrew Little took the sector by surprise on Wednesday when he anno...

STACY SQUIRES Andrew Little last year approved $154 million of Government funding to add a new tower block with 64 more beds to Christchurch Hospital’s $525m acute services building, Waipapa. (Video first published November 2020). Canterbury Charity Hospital founder Phil Bagshaw has welcomed the Government’s plan to overhaul the health system as “aspirationally correct” – but warns the Ministry of Health needs reforming too. Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) chairman Sir John Hansen and Māori health providers have welcomed the plan to replace DHBs with a central agency. Bag...