Report lifts lid on financial failings and ‘toxic’ culture at health trust

Key points

• Northland DHB has stepped in to sort out financial and clinical issues at the troubled Whangaroa Health Services Trust in Kaeo.
• The trust’s chair, a number of trustees, the chief executive and several GPs and nurses have quit in recent months.
• A report by EY has revealed deep-seated problems in relationships between management and clinical staff.