Health Innovators' Summit 2024 - Lester Levy presentation
At our Health Innovators' Summit, Prof Lester Levy opened the event with a keynote address. Watch his presentation below. Read more
16 August, 2024
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The root cause that links our GP shortage and skyrocketing power prices
In recent weeks, media reports have highlighted two seemingly unrelated issues: a severe shortage of General Practitioners (GPs) and the closure of businesses due to soaring electricity prices. While these issues may appear to be distinct, they share a root cause. Read more
Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
16 August, 2024
Health innovators show a path to better care
Te Whatu Ora Commissioner Lester Levy opened our second Health Innovators’ Summit with a sobering stocktake. Patients wait too long for essential services. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
16 August, 2024
Local Cures: A travelogue
Canada’s devolution of health services to First Nations provides a strikingly different way of thinking about localism, according to Dr Eric Crampton, Chief Economist with the New Zealand Initiative. “Canada’s central government has long provided, under treaty, a ‘medicine chest’ of funded services to First Nations peoples. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
14 August, 2024
Media release: Localism in health service delivery
Wellington (Wednesday, 14 August 2024) - Canada’s devolution of health services to First Nations provides a strikingly different way of thinking about localism, according to Dr Eric Crampton, Chief Economist with The New Zealand Initiative. “Canada’s central government has long provided, under treaty, a ‘medicine chest’ of funded services to First Nations peoples. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
14 August, 2024
A health system on the brink of failure
Access to primary healthcare is as critical to a government's survival as keeping the lights on. Yet a quarter of a million Kiwis cannot even register with a local GP. Read more
Roger Partridge
13 August, 2024
Don’t be squeamish about devolution – be Squamish
New Zealand has one of the world’s more centralised governments. Most taxation, regulation, and spending happen at the central government level. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
13 August, 2024
The Platform: Dr Bryce Wilkinson talks to Sean Plunket about Health NZ's recent restructure
Dr Bryce Wilkinson talked to Sean Plunket on The Platform about New Zealand's healthcare system overhaul, including the appointment of a new health commissioner and the challenges of restructuring after problematic reforms. They potential solutions, such as decentralising decision-making, to address issues like overspending and improve healthcare delivery. Watch below. Read more
Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
26 July, 2024
Dr Reti prescribes a bitter pill
Health New Zealand has been quite economical lately. I don’t mean ‘economical’ in the fiscal sense, of course. Read more
Dr Michael Johnston
26 July, 2024
Replacing Health NZ board offers glimmer of hope
In a dramatic move this week, the government replaced the board of Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) with a commissioner. Dramatic but not much of a surprise. Read more
Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
25 July, 2024