Doctors chosen to lead health, why not nurses?

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Doctors chosen to lead health, why not nurses?

by Jenny Carryer
Chair Keagan Henman on Unsplash
Nurses have not been given a seat at the table of the two main boards governing the New Zealand health system [Keagan Henman on Unsplash]

Decision-makers have chosen those who will lead the new health system, but have left out nurses – perhaps because they erroneously think nurse leaders are concerned only with their own profession, writes Jenny Carryer

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair,” is an idea that has come to mind recently. The announcement of members for the, Professor Jenny Carryer, Jenny Carryer