Come along on Tuesday evening at Smash Palace from 5pm with the talk commencing at 5.30. It will be livestreamed on Facebook How your health service could be; compared with how it is now. Nigel is a Geriatrician and General Physician who came to Canterbury in 1992 from the North East of … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Canterbury District Health Board deficit has blown out to $177m in the last financial year will more funds follow the restructure?
In an article https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/are-we-ditching-dhbs-because-we-dont-like-what-they-show-us pointing out the futility of the development of a new health system Ian Powell questions the sensibility of the move. He wrote in Business Desk: Ten months ago, health minister … [Read more...]
CDHB budget massive failure reflects badly on most of the Board
In the last week the Annual Report of CDHB was finally released. Nearly 9 months late. https://www.cdhb.health.nz/wp-content/uploads/76fd26f0-canterbury-dhb-annual-report-2020-2021.pdf The results were that the board achieved a $ 177m deficit. In the budget documents which were approved in the … [Read more...]
Challenge to the CDHB announcement of an approved budget this year
Last week I commented on the CDHB gloating about the MOH and the minister approving the latest CDHB budget. From a senior person from within the DHB I received this: It is galling to have the Chair of CDHB say “it is the first plan to be approved by the ministers of health and finance in four … [Read more...]
CDHB announces their budget is approved by MOH
While I am writing about PR spin, I found it entertaining this week when the CDHB announced that they had received approval from the Ministry of Health and the Minister of Health for their latest budget. Here’s what was reported in the Press: Canterbury District Health Board’s … [Read more...]
CDHB an interesting summary of the Audit and the role of Dr Levy and Ernst&Young
On September 24, 2021, Ian Powell produced an article labelled “Reputations in tatters”. We are reprinting it here as it substantiates the comments which we, and a host of others, have made over the past year before, and after, the … [Read more...]
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