Simeon's Week: Pesky Cabinet; footing it; delivering a hospital

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Simeon's Week: Pesky Cabinet; footing it; delivering a hospital

Martin
Johnston
Simeon's Week CR Canva composite
One week into the job, health minister Simeon Brown has today delivered his first big political decision, on the new Dunedin Hospital project [Image: Canva composite]

A whole on the job and health minister Simeon Brown has not returned New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa requests for an interview so we can ask him about his plan for primary care, his mentors and other things. While we wait for the phone to ring, here’s what we have found about Mr Brown’s week

What a week, and what a lot of focus, focus, focus. Simeon Brown must be just loving it in Shane Reti’s old chair. It’s seven days since Mr Brown g