This week I haven’t been able to think about much other than the disaster which is occurring at the CDHB. Having a chance to listen to Sir John Hansen on Tuesday night didn’t settle my concerns. Time and again I turned my mind to what a friend wrote to me some weeks ago that we are dealing with … [Read more...]
Last Week Sir John Hansen
Last week we had Sir John Hansen, current Chair of the Canterbury District Health Board. Sir John gave a relatively short talk and then answered questions from those attending and those who had submitted questions earlier. It was one of the few times which Sir John has spoken publicly, and we were … [Read more...]
This week’s speaker: Ian Powell on CDHB
How can CDHB best serve its population... This week we are privileged to have Ian Powell, who for 30 years was the Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. Ian has a unique view of Health having been there before most of the current players and having worked with … [Read more...]
Garry writes about CDHB
A good mate of mine text me the other day. He was commenting on David Meates being pushed out of CDHB. His comment was “here is a great example of ethics being pushed aside by economics”. To this I would add, bad economics. How long, South Island New Zealand, will we remain at the mercy of … [Read more...]
People are thinking hard about the CDHB:
I have had numerous conversations about the CDHB over the past disastrous week. The week when brilliant leadership was sent up the road. Last night I received these thoughts from Bruce White about a subsection of the complex issue of public health: I don’t know much about the inner workings of … [Read more...]
Hospital parking raised in the election campaign, again:
The promise by Judith Collins that National will build a new car parking building if National get elected this year is interesting. I reflected on phrases like this from Gerry Brownlee: “It will be an instruction to the Ministry of Health to get a car park close-in to the hospital.” Then he … [Read more...]
Our District Health Board is under attack from the Ministry of Health:
In the Press this week this article raised my interest https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/122017066/dhb-overspends-now-a-feature-of-the-system--auditorgeneral In the past week the Auditor General has written a paper on the funding deficits of the District Health Boards. In this report the … [Read more...]
Coronavirus
At this time the role of our DHB, health practitioners, doctors, nurses and paramedics is essential. They will be literally our lifeline. Remember how our health service responded so magnificently to the earthquakes and the murders at the Mosques. Now they have another, greater challenge. I … [Read more...]
COVID-19 happenings
Leaders will be assessed by how they have reacted in trying situations. Our current prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has had more than her fair share of opportunities to prove herself: getting enough votes to become prime minister just seven weeks from taking over the Labour Party leadership; her … [Read more...]
COVID-19 hygiene advice
The most important way to stop COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) from spreading is to follow some basic hygiene advice: hand hygiene – wash regularly and for at least 30 seconds (the jury is still out on hand sanitiser although as of 15 March, this is still listed as an option on the Ministry of Health … [Read more...]
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