One of the fundamental problems of user pays education is that once we train drs, nurses and teachers, they leave overseas to pay that debt off and many never return, offering free education in exchange for bonding is the social contract the left forgot!
It is humiliating for Labour to be trumped by National like this.
Hilariously if we taxed the wealthy properly we could pay nurses, midwives teachers and Drs more AND we could give them their education for free!
Dr Shane Reti claimed 19000 nurses have left without actually reading the numbers right which showed a net gain of 4100 nurses. National are wrong about the numbers, but right about the policy!
Last week National announced the right to evict for landlords, this week they are bonding nurses and midwives which highlights the difficult task National have at stealing ACT party voters while trying to win over the middle voter.
With Australian citizenship in 2 years, NZ can’t compete with the wages of Australia (thanks to 30 years of a de-unionised work force) so we need to be innovative with bonding, better accomodation and better work conditions.
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Policy is coming out thick and fast from the National Party but I do still see the national party as out of touch with ordinary New Zealanders.
Daniel Lang. Yes, but they sort of got it right on this one, considering that they’re the demographic insured and with private health schemes, and ergo in a much better position than many when their families’ wellness is at risk. But bonding persons who’ve paid for their own training and accrued big debts in doing so, is ethically dodgy.
Where are these nursing stats? As Reti and Verrall both seem not to be trusted.
I hear 19’000 left but most transferred internally elsewhere.
This is a report by Verrall that says we are 4500 nurses short?
If this is so I struggle with this. As we were this short a year ago so how do we have 4500 when she has stated we have got 4100 more. That would mean either we only need 400 or we have lost a lot elsewhere?
I hate how MP’s abuse stats and cannot be transparent with them and literally weaponize them for their agenda.
I still will never forgive Andrew Little & Labour for ceasing the cancer list stats.
Blair Irvines wife is a legend for hitting NZ Health up for this.
Martyn – So, what is Labour doing for the Nurses…?
I think salaries have increased under Labour more than the previous administration but I could be wrong. Not saying it’s enough. You watch…National will chip in on education costs ( now that seems ok somehow) but they will use that to slow wage growth sure as eggs.
Andrew Little sorted them all out and they are all happy now.
So, what did National do Nathan for our nurses, teachers, housing, police, corrections, universities and all public health services didn’t they do more with less. Oh! but really, they did nothing, but they did manage to give the rich a tax cut and that equated to billions of dollars and zero budgets for all the above.
Scoring 50% is considered pass at most learning establishments.
It was only in NZ where I found that D’s get degrees.
“With Australian citizenship in 2 years, NZ can’t compete with the wages of Australia (thanks to 30 years of a de-unionised work force) ”
Australia also does not have compulsory unionism. The average wage of a country ultimately is determined by the productivity of the country, and how much stuff they can sell to other countries (mainly to China in the case of both Australia and New Zealand) not whether the workforce is unionised or not.
Unionisation of course is a good thing because it helps defend and enhance working conditions and a fairer distribution of wealth. That perhaps helps to an extent in productivity, but it’s main effect is ensuring a fairer distribution of wealth.
But ultimately the wealth of a country is determined by how much stuff it can make and sell and the rate at which this happens. This is why NZ is wealthier per capita than Fiji and Papua New Guinea and even China.
So, what did National do Nathan for our nurses, teachers, housing, police, corrections, universities and all public health services didn’t they do more with less. Oh! but really, they did nothing, but they did manage to give the rich a tax cut and that equated to billions of dollars and zero budgets for all the above.
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