The disability sector has joined their Māori and Pacific healthcare counterparts in dismissing the ambition of the Health and Disability System Review’s final report
The Māori Health Authority proposed in the Simpson review is not empowered, has “little more than an advisory role” on equity issues, and carries a commissioning budget of less than $23 million, say dissenting panel members and advisory experts
The process that set up the proposed Māori Health Authority ignored the voices specifically appointed to advise on that task says health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker
Simplicity was key for The Fono, winner of the Ministry of Health Equity Award at the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora
The pandemic response and politics have slowed progress on implementing the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on primary healthcare, says claimant Lady Tureiti Moxon