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Questions
of Governance
Muriel Newman
1 April
07
A
Newman Weekly reader, Martin Visser, recently sent me a copy
of a letter he had written to the Minister of Health on 28
November 2006 about the way his brother was being treated by
the health system. In his letter he stated:
“My
brother Anton Visser who lives at 228 Ormond Road Gisborne,
was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. I have been
informed that in spite of numerous referrals and follow up
phone calls by his GP Anton is still waiting 3 years later to
see a urologist… his prostate cancer, while left untreated
is now in an advanced state with a PSA reading of around
100”. More
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Governments,
Governance and Trust
Bronwyn Howell
1 April 2007
The recent finding by Justice Asher in
the Auckland High Court that a group of District Health
Boards (DHBs) failed to adequately manage both a conflict
of interest invoked by one of their board members being a
senior party in a contract let by the board and a fair
consultation process throws into doubt the efficacy of
many of the processes
undertaken by a very large number of ‘quasi-autonomous
non-governmental organisations’ (quangos) established in
the health care sector under the health reforms
implemented since 2000. More
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Why the Sick Will Pay More
Bronwyn Howell
15 July
06
A
fundamental tactic employed by District Health Boards
(DHBs) in recent weeks in order to meet demand that they
are unable or unwilling to cater for has been to refer
their unsatisfied clients back to general practitioners
(GPs) for treatment.
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Lessons from Singapore
Muriel Newman
17 June 06
The
unions have brought
New Zealand
’s public hospitals to their knees with their five-day
junior doctor strike. All non-urgent operations have been
cancelled and 17,000 patients sent home.
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Treating Men's Health Equally
Muriel Newman
29 April 06
Last
year I presented a petition to Parliament calling for the
introduction of a national screening programme for
prostate cancer for men. As a result of that petition, I
will be making a submission to the Health Select Committee
on Wednesday.
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Waiting for Help
Muriel Newman
16 April 06
Emily,
like 180,000 or so other New Zealanders, is on a hospital
waiting list.
The problem is this “queue” of people waiting for
surgery is no longer called a “waiting list”. It was
changed when lengthening hospital waiting lists became
politically embarrassing in the late nineties.
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