Seeking details on cardiac backlog time consuming

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Seeking details on cardiac backlog time consuming

Stephen

Forbes

sforbes@nzdoctor.co.nz

Monday 18 March 2024, 03:03 PM

 Te Whatu Ora took eight months to respond to five questions from New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa on bottlenecks in cardiac surgery [Image: Abraham Popocatl on Unsplash] 

In June last year, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa reporter Stephen Forbes sought a response from Te Whatu Ora to five simple questions on a cardiac surgery backlog. What was meant to be a straightforward query turned into a protracted process, highlighting the Crown agency’s lack of transparency

At a Te Whatu Ora board meeting on 23 June last year, chief executive Margie Apa discussed the ongoing review of waiting lists and recent challenges s

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