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4 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Stephen Forbes |Peter Huskinson
+Opinion Reporter’s Diary Mr Brown’s Diary: Week 9 – from road-sign rapture to realities From faster speed limits to slow waiting times, it’s been a journey for health minister Simeon Brown this week [Image: Canva composite] Week nine of the job, and it’s starting to get tricky for health minister Simeon Brown as the life-and-death realities of the sector hit the headlines.
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2 months ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Alan Perrott |Peter Huskinson
+News Minister defends ‘fake news’ assertion on claims of health underfunding It’s round three in a wrangle over assertions of health system underfunding, with health minister Simeon Brown defending his claim the assertions are fake news [Image: Master1305 on iStock] Essentials
Some say the Government is underfunding and understaffing the health system.
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2 months ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Alan Perrott |Fiona Cassie |Martin Johnston |Peter Huskinson
+News Trumpism claimed in ‘fake news’ wrangle Health minister Simeon Brown’s claims of fake news have been subjected to the primary care microscope [Image: Supplied, Canva composite] Essentials
Health minister Simeon Brown said talk of health underfunding and understaffing was “fake news”.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain |Martin Johnston |Peter Huskinson
In these complex times of resource constraints, high workloads and burnout, having joy in your work can build hope, empathy, resilience and optimism. It can fuel the energy you need to get through each day and help build your compassion, which in turn benefits your patients. In this article, specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones shares his findings on what brings joy to GPs, with the hope that you too will search out joy and build it up in the team you work with
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Peter Huskinson
+News Opinion Shane Reti loses health portfolio to Simeon Brown as PM "turbocharges" health Shane Reti has lost the health portfolio to transport minister Simeon Brown The demotion of health minister Shane Reti from the portfolio he so longed for was not a huge surprise for health sector folk with an eye on politics. Oops, please login or sign up to read more. LOGIN SUBSCRIBE Related Articles
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Peter Huskinson
+Print Archive Commentary Unsustainable underfunding is the problem not productivity Calls for improved productivity are, in many instances, a convenient vehicle to divert attention from unsustainable underfunding of a service [Image: Master1305 on iStock] True productivity gains require sustained investment in people, infrastructure and systems, not relentless efficiency that leads to burnout and declining service quality, argues Ganesh Nana Primary care cannot and should not be divorced...
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Peter Huskinson
In these complex times of resource constraints, high workloads and burnout, having joy in your work can build hope, empathy, resilience and optimism. It can fuel the energy you need to get through each day and help build your compassion, which in turn benefits your patients. In this article, specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones shares his findings on what brings joy to GPs, with the hope that you too will search out joy and build it up in the team you work with
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Peter Huskinson
New analysis shows Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora is unlikely to find the requested $1.4 billion in savings without impacting frontline services. Health Minister Dr Shane Reti in July said without urgent action, Health New Zealand would run an estimated deficit of that amount by the end of 2024-25.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Peter Huskinson
+Opinion EXPLAINER Remind me about that $16 billion investment in health we keep hearing about Explaining the appointment of Te Whatu Ora board chair Lester Levy as board commissioner, both health minister Shane Reti and prime minister Christoph Oops, please login or sign up to read more. LOGIN SUBSCRIBE
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Peter Huskinson
+Opinion Follow the money to see what Budget 2024 spends on health [Image: Josh Appel on Unsplash] Health economist Peter Huskinson analyses the Budget’s real-terms health spend per person and how this compares to previous years As the dust settles on the Budget announcements, there are some positive-sounding headlines like “Health gets $16bn over six years”. Prime minister Ch, Figure 1. Government day-to-day health spending , Figure 1. Government day-to-day health spending.
