Complicated portfolio delivers knock-out blow to ‘nice guy’ minister after missteps

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Complicated portfolio delivers knock-out blow to ‘nice guy’ minister after missteps

Martin
Johnston
Jan White, David Clark, Kate Baddock 2018
David Clark takes pride in rebuilding health, but failed to deliver the promised review of primary care funding, to the disappointment of NZMA chair Kate Baddock (right), pictured with Dr Clark and former NZMA GP Council chair Jan White

By all accounts, the recently resigned health minister David Clark had good intentions and vision for the sector. Reporter Martin Johnston asks what went wrong

He had his political enemies as minister of health, but people who know David Clark seem generally to be impressed with him as a person. “Nice guy”