GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Calling out Health New Zealand for intimidation of nurses
When nurses speak up about safety — should they be threatened for it?

When nurses speak up about safety — should they be threatened for it?

They were warned. They cut anyway. Now the system is breaking.
Cuba shouldn’t outperform wealthier nations in healthcare. But in key ways — it does.

A small island trained doctors for the world — while the richest nations looked away. Now that system is being pushed to collapse.

They were warned IT cuts would impact patient care — and ignored it. Now outages and failures are exposing the real cost.

Child poverty in New Zealand is not inevitable — but it is driving rising health system demand and exposing the limits of balance sheet-driven policy.

Thousands of nurses are leaving NZ — TOP says it’s time for real action on pay and working conditions.

TOP’s $1.5B Teal Deal aims to give young Kiwis a fair start — with healthcare, transport and a savings boost.
It’s been touted as the most “historic pay rise” in history. But the actual mechanics of the deal; the “fine print”; and other undisclosed facts may raise questions as how much of a “historic pay rise” the deal actually is.