Keith Locke: Hard on issues; soft on people
One of the outstanding union leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries made many wise observations. The one…
Author: Ian Powell
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Data cleansing of unmet patient need hides a national health scandal
In the mid to late 2000s, while Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, I used the term…
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Hegemony, meaning and structured literacy
One of the big political influences on me has been Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937). He was a courageous revolutionary…
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Neglect public health at New Zealanders’ peril
When one thinks of medical doctors what usually immediately comes to mind is those doctors who treat and diagnose patients….
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How should New Zealand respond to the United State States’ false terrorism accusations
The United States is planning to take an action in Congress to continue its formal recognition of the false accusation…
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Health boss appointment could define credibility and direction of health system leadership
The Government is expected to announce soon the new Chair of Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand). This follows the…
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Health System Synthesis: From Time to Culture, Struggle and Hope
Yesterday (18 May) I was honoured to participate in a panel discussion at a symposium organised by Women in Medicine in…
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Fishing exploitation and the Origins of Capitalism
Andrea Vance is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s standout investigative journalists and columnists. Her political columns are value based, sharp…
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When health bosses operate in an isolated bubble
When delivered by district health boards (2001-22) Aotearoa New Zealand’s universal health system was one of the centralised in developed…
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Policy vacuum enables for-profit corporate general practice ownership by stealth
Since the 1938 Social Security Act which, among other things, established Aotearoa New Zealand’s universal health system, general practices were…