ELECTION 2020: The outlook for health reforms

ELECTION 2020: The outlook for health reforms
Todd Krieble
The election of a new administration with a clear majority clears the path for the extensive round of public health system reforms that the Heather Simpson-led review laboured over during the last term of government.While challenging, this next round of reforms will actually be easier than those of the 1990s because they are about institutional mergers rather than separations. Fewer, bigger District Health Boards are on the way.  We know there have been too many DHBs and scale matters for quality and efficiency.  However, because DHB...

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