Light touch, heavy touch? Dilemma for officials shepherding local health services

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Light touch, heavy touch? Dilemma for officials shepherding local health services

Tim Tenbensel 2022

Tim Tenbensel

Roots
Primary healthcare leaders have long argued the only real system improvements are those that take root locally and are championed locally

Health sector inequities lead governments towards a prescriptive approach and the setting of targets and standards, though this can lead to resistance and angst, writes Tim Tenbensel

Primary healthcare leaders have long argued the only real system improvements are those that take root locally and are championed locally All hea