Health and Disability System Review Panel members who disagreed with chair Heather Simpson say commissioning powers for Māori must be part of implementing the review’s recommendations
Resourceful implementation of the proposals in the Health and Disability System Review final report requires total commitment to new ideas, writes nurse educator BarbaraDocherty
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
Heather Simpson says she opposes having a Māori Health Authority with full funding and commissioning powers because it would undermine the cohesion of the health system
Heather Simpson says she opposes having a Māori Health Authority with full funding and commissioning powers because it would undermine the cohesion of the health system
Funny old world we live in. It seems a huge jump in logic to go from protesting against police brutality in America to the idea of removing “Royal” from the RNZCGP title, but it’s out there
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
The pandemic response and politics have slowed progress on implementing the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on primary healthcare, says claimant Lady Tureiti Moxon
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 pandemic response and politics have slowed progress on implementing the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on primary healthcare, says claimant Lady Tureiti Moxon, managing director of Te Kōhao Health
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