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Crown observer to be appointed to Health New Zealand

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Health Minister Dr Shane Reti is appointing a Crown observer to Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, citing significant ongoing challenges around the 2022 health reforms.

“I have carefully considered the hard work which has gone on around Health NZ since its establishment,” Dr Reti said.

“The incoming government is resetting a clear focus on health outcomes. The Labour government failed to acknowledge a health crisis and failed in its duty to provide adequate oversight and support during a period of massive upheaval for health.

“I am confident that the appointment of a Crown observer will assist the HNZ Board and management to work with the board to overcome a range of issues, including health workforce and hospital wait times.

“I am therefore appointing Ken Whelan as Crown observer to work with the Board to ensure it delivers the outcomes expected by the coalition government.

“Mr Whelan commences his role immediately, and will independently advise me through formal quarterly reporting, and other updates as necessary.

“He has more than 30 years of health care leadership experience and has previously served as a Crown monitor at Counties Manukau and Waikato DHBs.

“I want to reassure Health NZ staff that today’s appointment is not a reflection on their hard work for which all New Zealanders thank them. Mr Whelan’s role is to focus on the wider reform process and address a lack of oversight from the previous government.

“His appointment will assist and support the board of Health NZ in refocusing on health outcomes.

“The health reforms were proclaimed by previous ministers as providing better health results for all New Zealanders but under the previous government have so far spent more money, achieved more bureaucracy and delivered little more than longer waiting lists, dire workforce shortages and worse outcomes,” Dr Reti says.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. To be honest health workers need a kick up the a***. After working in their environment it doesn’t take long to see what work shy numbskulls most of them are.

  2. Considering the fact that most health workers in this country brought into the whole “Safe and Effective” BS over the last few years it’s a shame we cannot fire them all.

  3. My extensive Scamdemic & Convid vaccines research has shone an illuminating light & thrown up countless examples of grifters at the FLCCC cunning New Zealanders out of thousands of their hard earned for protocols that have been proven to be unsafe & ineffective. Ivermectin & hydroxychloroquine are just two of the unsafe & ineffective repurposed drugs that have been pushed by these unethical rodents whom even have the gall to call themselves doctors. Sort it out & be sure to take the fraudulent Satanists to task asap! https://www.facebook.com/john.henry.14473

    John

  4. “I want to reassure Health NZ staff that today’s appointment is not a reflection on their hard work for which all New Zealanders thank them. Mr Whelan’s role is to focus on the widerreform. coverup process”

  5. Yes like arresting a whistle blower. NZ govt has become a persistently bad joke, as for healthcare, they are the last people I’d go to if I was sick….

    • Çrown Observers’ always act in behalf of the Crown, and NOT us…!
      Remember the Çrown Observers’ at CYFs, the Banking Ombudsman’s Office, the Legal Aid Society, the HRC and the rest of the lot?

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