Here’s what Ian Powell reported last week on expenditure on consultants to establish Te Whata Ora by the previous government: In an email to me, a former DHB chief executive commented on the amount spent on consultants: That is a total spend of $332.8m over just 4 years. Much of the … [Read more...]
The Health reforms have been a disaster to date
Labour should hold its head in shame about how such a significant reform has been so badly handled. In an article on RNZ recently it was stated: Briefings by a powerful committee with the health minister's ear, reveal strife and delays surrounding Te Whatu Ora reforms. They show that almost … [Read more...]
CDHB IT was well organised central government politicians, you seem to have forgotten it:
A recent NZ Herald article on 14th August titled: Doctor accuses Te Whata Ora of Conspiracy to avoid public scrutiny of unsafe radiology practices" got blood boiling in Christchurch. On further reading it highlighted some poor IT systems and culture at the Hawkes Bay Hospital. What really … [Read more...]
Spare a thought for those with long COVID:
It is fashionable for some COVID deniers to rubbish vaccinations and to poo poo the whole matter of those who suffer greatly from this illness. In the Washington Post there is the story written by a novelist who went from high performing to completely laid out by the long COVID which it … [Read more...]
Another observation on the destruction of CDHB and the undermining of our Health systems
In an article on lessons from the extremely successful leadership team at the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB), Brian Easton commented on an earlier column where he reported its demise from excessive and insensitive interference by centralised Wellington bureaucracy. This article builds … [Read more...]
The Supposed Health Reforms
I have commented on Rob Campbell’s actions in previous Tuesday Club notes. A couple of weeks ago he gave a speech in Auckland about health being an emergency. In it he said: I deliberately move on to the description “emergency” because the term “crisis” has become so worn in political … [Read more...]
Paul falls off his horse on the way to Damascus
During the week Rob Campbell wrote a fascinating article about the health reforms. He focused on “local” and his comments ring bells in my head. They made me wonder did he fall, or was he pushed from his position as Chair of the Health Authority. Here the Pae Ora reforms have a very … [Read more...]
Health, Subsidiarity and learnings from Canterbury
One aspect of becoming older is that you start visiting the health system more frequently. I’ve just had some pre-cancer cut out of my face. It’s a by-product of having Celtic ancestry. I am disappointed with the number of people I speak to within what was the highly functioning CDHB who are … [Read more...]
CDHB – Oh the Irony
I was searching for some information relating to the current health reforms underway in New Zealand and ended up on the Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury (formally the Canterbury District Health Board). What came up on this website was the following dated 19/09/2022 … [Read more...]
Another Report on CDHB which demonstrates it was being run effectively before David Meates’ team was pushed out…
Treasury undertakes an Investor Confidence Rating report from time to time. This is a Cabinet-approval process for assessing agency investment performance and thus the level of confidence stakeholders should place on the ability of an agency to manage its assets and investments well. Cabinet had … [Read more...]
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