Expert panel on health reform and policy change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEyo129ON4k
Jul
2024
3
Jul
2024
1
Commentary on the Government Policy Statement on Health
By Chris Bullen The Government Policy Statement on Health Government Policy Statement on Health 2024–2027 | Ministry of Health NZ signals the Coalition Government’s priorities for health over the next few years. Included are some significant statements that, at...
Jun
2024
20
Healthy and liveable cities: why does the Government Policy Statement on transport matter?
Jamie Hosking and Alistair Woodward, School of Population Health, Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland. We’ve all noticed that some parts of some cities are particularly enjoyable and stimulating. These tend to be places where you can easily walk around and...
Apr
2024
28
What did the Health Minister mean when he used the term ‘front line’?
By Chris Bullen. Health Minister Dr Shane Reti recently said, “More resources will be directed to front-line health services” as part of Budget 2024. What did the Minister mean when he used the term 'front line'? I suspect he has in mind clinical staff - nurses,...
Apr
2024
19
Why the government’s haste in changing the health system could come back to haunt it
Author: Tim Tenbensel. Since coming into power, the coalition government has adopted a simple but shrewd see-how-fast-we-can-move political strategy. However, in the health sector this need for speed entails policy risks that could come back to bite the government...
Apr
2024
14
100 “Kick-Arse” days in Government: implications for equity
Monique Jonas for Ki Te Pae Tawhiti, the NZ Health Reform Collective. When newly elected National MP for Rangitata James Meager (Ngai Tahu) addressed the House last December, he spoke of his childhood in South Timaru. He described growing up in hardship and the...
Apr
2024
14
100 Days of Tiriti “partnership”?
Monique Jonas (Pākehā) and Anneka Anderson (Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe) for Ki Te Pae Tawhiti NZ Health Reform Collective. When Minister of Health Dr Shane Reti presented the Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Bill to the House for its...
Mar
2024
31
What the Coalition Government’s 100 Days Plan Reveals About Its Commitment to Health
100 days plan for health
Mar
2024
13
Health Service and System and the 100 day-plan in New Zealand
By Tim Tenbensel. By design, the 100-day mark of the new coalition government has attracted sizeable media attention. It is driven by a political marketing focus in which the Prime Minister Christopher Luxon can say after 100 days "We told you what we're gonna do,...
Mar
2024
13
Te Tiriti: 100 days plan in Health
By Monique Jonas. When newly elected National MP for Rangitata James Meager (Ngai Tahu) addressed the House last December, he spoke of his childhood in South Timaru as “a part-Māori boy, raised in a State house by a single parent on the benefit.” He described...
Key issues
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
Covering developments in the provision, funding and organisation of health care services.
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
Covering prescription medicines and medical devices.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Focusing on efforts to promote health and prevent disease through social and economic interventions.
DIGITAL HEALTH
Exploring the potential digital transformation to provide a more connected and accessible health system.
TE TIRITI
Monitoring how the health reforms and the performance of the health sector uphold Te Tiriti obligations.