Health reform critique 'clouded by nostalgia': Rob Campbell

Health reform critique 'clouded by nostalgia': Rob Campbell
Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell – not impressed by critics. (Image: Supplied)
Pattrick Smellie
The chair of the new national health authority, Te Whatu Ora, says health commentator Ian Powell’s analysis of the health reforms is clouded by nostalgia.In an email to BusinessDesk, Rob Campbell called Powell’s Tuesday commentary for BusinessDesk “his campaign to memorialise DHBs (district health boards) but his nostalgia is clouding accuracy”.Campbell's comments came after he had earlier pushed back at the suggestion that Te Whatu Ora’s board meetings should be public, saying it was not his job to “prov...

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