Govt changes to health system

[Lilith7]

Good job  thetime & money wasted on making the maori  health  authority  could have been spent at the coal face  .The  health system has become bloated as labour solution was to employ more  non clinical  staff  . Isaw the result first hand in Nov waiting  14 hours after  a stroke  in a  wheelchair in A&E waiting room    u ntil a  bed became available.  Even took  5 hours for first  assessment  so short of staff .on the  front line

Do tell us all exactly how these frontline staff - y'know,the ones who've all just lost their jobs the week before Xmas thanks to this govt - are going to somehow miraculously cope with & improve, the situation.....??

I'm sure we'll all be just fascinated to learn how this govt can apparently improve the lack of staff by disestablishing so many positions.




Fewer staff than ever is highly unlikely to help the situation & is far more likely to make it considerably worse.

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We need to go back to a system of workforce planning - nursing and medical students provided with fees relief and living allowances, in return for a bonded work period after graduation and completion of training. We could also close entry to medical training for non citizens. If we started now, we would see an improvement in 10 years or so.
The current "market led" system has proved totally deficient, over the last few decades. I don't expect any meaningful efforts, however, from the bunch of idiots we have in government.

Indeed, ( & possibly fewer managers might not be a bad idea from what's been said in the media) but of course that would make sense & it seems that's what is lacking in the various govts which have helped create this situation.

Why the devil idiot politicians can't simply ask those working in health (or teaching or whatever it might be which they want to improve) what is needed & act on that is one of the great mysteries of life.