Hurry up and wait – most practices opt in to new CSC funding, while others wait and see

+Print Archive
2018: THE WAITING GAME

Hurry up and wait – most practices opt in to new CSC funding, while others wait and see

Health minister David Clark accepts the wero (challenge) during the pōwhiri at Bay of Islands Hospital
The Year in a photo: Health minister David Clark accepts the wero (challenge) during a pōwhiri at the opening of a Bay of Islands Hospital redevelopment. The image evoked the challenge the health sector faces in addressing long-standing inequities

2018: THE WAITING GAME
The year 2018 was the year the sector waited – for reviews, for new funding to be introduced, for a new Ministry of Health to arise from the remnants of the old, and for signs the Government understood the extent of changes needed in health. Waiting is not necessarily bad if it means getting changes right. New Zealand Doctor reporters look at what the sector is still waiting for, what has arrived, and a few “action stations”, where people and organisations choose not to wait

PHOs around the country are reporting high lev­els of opt-in from practices to the Government’s expanded Community Services Card scheme, but significa