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...]
Health Matters
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...]
More observations on the CDHB:
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...]
The CDHB Financial results are awful
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...]
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