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Francesca Rudkin: It may have taken a year to come up with plan, but credit where it's due
On Monday I reflected on a year of Te Whatu Ora, and how those within the sector rate the new centralised health system.
I said that, from what I’ve been told, Te Whatu Ora has not worked hard enough or quickly enough over the last year to get staff on side, to fill the staffing shortages, to fix the postcode lottery, to shorten surgery and GP wait times, to give emergency departments some relief or provide adequate mental health services.
No reasonable person expects them to have solved all these problems in a year, but we should expect they’ve made some key moves.
Since Monday morning the…
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