1. DHB New Structures Ian Powell wrote this week: In the middle of a pandemic, the government is dismantling its structures (DHBs) responsible for ensuring the provision of hospital and community health services. Destabilising a system in a pandemic is madness. It is close to criminally … [Read more...]

The data which we produced in the last Tuesday Club notes about the miserable failure of CDHB’s Board of containing costs produced some interesting responses this … [Read more...]

Last week I wrote that I was looking forward to viewing the financial results of the CDHB. Well, this week their results went up on their website. These are the results from an executive team appointed by the Board. This is the team the Board chair said, “had the experience we felt were needed”. … [Read more...]

With the CDHB financial year finishing on 30 June 2021, we at the Tuesday Club are waiting with breath-holding-anticipation to see how the DHB actually performed against budget. As previously covered, the Board / Crown monitor reluctantly supported the proposed budget put forward by the then … [Read more...]

Last weekend Mark commented very forcefully on Q & A about how shifty he found MOH and Treasury to be when he was acting Chair of the CDHB. His views were held so strongly the Government were not prepared to re-appoint him to the Board. Mark supported the position of the executive led by … [Read more...]

Business desk has published an excellent article by Ian Powell yesterday on the health reforms. Under the headline Why it's risky to get rid of DHBs the article included: There are two ways to make sustainable, transformational changes in universal public health systems – structural change or … [Read more...]

In March Sir John Hansen appeared before Parliament’s Health Select Committee and he was reported by Stuff as saying: The resignations of seven senior Canterbury health board managers within six weeks may have helped the woeful financial position of the region's health system, the board’s chair … [Read more...]

Recently the Health Select Committee undertook its review of CDHB. It was fascinating to note that the Chair Sir John Hansen was the only Board member appearing. When the SDHB appeared, there were a number of Board members present as well as the Chair. Democracy in Canterbury seems to take second … [Read more...]

Recently the Minister of Health re-appointed Lester Levy as Crown Monitor. Here is an extract from the letter of appointment to Levy: Dr Michael Gousmett has researched Lester Levy for a group of health professionals. He has written the article below summarising Levy’s previous history with … [Read more...]

I’m always disappointed when a person I respect hugely, Andrew Little, continues to be advised badly on issues like the Crown Monitor, by MOH. This week he announced the re-appointment of Lester Levy to the position of Crown Monitor. In the article below you will see in the video the Minister … [Read more...]