‘Stop throwing mud’: Health NZ hits back at extraordinary claims

12 Sep 2024

NZ Herald

Health New Zealand has denied claims by the Aged Care Association, including that it is looking to toughen eligibility to get into a rest home – and says “throwing mud” is unhelpful.

“In the next 15 years the number of New Zealanders aged over 85 are going to double to almost 200,000 people. And we want to make sure that we’ve got a system in New Zealand that cares for those people in the right setting,” said Andy Inder, Health NZ-Te Whatu Ora’s director of ageing well.

“And we shouldn’t be competing or throwing mud at each other around the size and scale of the challenge. We should be collaborating to make sure we are solving it together.”

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