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Ryan Bridge: Another example of bureaucracy undermining government policy
You've got to ask yourself who's running the show. There's been another example of bureaucracy seemingly undermining the government on its cost cutting plan which, remember, from outset they said wouldn't impact the front line.
A Health New Zealand manager has done a PowerPoint to 90 staff about upcoming changes, and they indicated that jobs could be cut including 470 doctors and 1400 nurses.
Who on earth thought that was okay?
Did they do it on purpose? Is it a middle finger to the government and to the Commissioner Lester Levy?
The truth is we don't really know at this point, Levy asks is…
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