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…
Author: Ian Powell
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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…
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Cuba and New Zealand: a relationship worthy of strengthening
Cuba and Aotearoa New Zealand have some similarities as small island nations (in different hemispheres) and with small populations (over…
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Health New Zealand bosses scapegoat their workforce
Since July 2022, with the coming into force of the Pae Ora Act, Health New Zealand (HNZ) is responsible for…
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New hospital building trumps ‘Yes Minister’ hospital without patients
Yes Minister is arguably the funniest British political satire sitcom. There were three series between 1980-84. It was followed by…
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Reflecting on Maximilien Robespierre and other things
Reading an article on Maximilien Robespierre published in the New York Review of Books (23 June 2022) has led me to…
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How to immobilise a health system’s primary statutory adviser and monitor
It is easy to not understand what a ministry of health does in health systems; why they exist. This is…
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Showdown time over hospital laboratory privatisation in New Zealands health system
Developments are coming to a head over those of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public hospital laboratories which were privatised under both…