Systems in decline: Time for a radical shift?

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Systems in decline: Time for a radical shift?

Jonathan Simon

Monday 16 September 2024, 02:59 PM

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Are the health systems of the UK and Aotearoa at a crossroads? [Image: AerialPerspective Work on iStock]

After years of struggling with ineffective reforms and increasing challenges, both the NHS and New Zealand’s health system face critical junctures. Jonathan Simon wonders if a patient-centred, digital health revolution could be the answer

In this scenario, the new entrants to the health sector would have to create a new system with different funding and models of care After many ye

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