It's so weird. They want to improve healthcare services by cutting staff.
Is this just an attempt to bring in private companies?
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Yes, it's so obvious now if you look at the US and UK.
The strategy is the same: cripple the public service while telling blatant lies that you're trying to improve it, then bring in private companies under the guise of "giving people more choice".
Edit: those choices will of course end up costing you more.
Partly it's that.
Partly, they have committed them selves to tax cuts and don't want to embarrass themselves by doing a U-turn.
Partly, they are so detached from the experience of medical professionals and patients that they simply can not comprehend the reality of the healthcare system.
Jonathan Coleman & John Key tried their best to completely gut our health system. Lavour never managed to pull it back from the brink and now the Vampires have returned to finish it off
This is so messed up.
Absolute trash of a government that hates it's citizens.
@BalpeenHammer A follow up story (rnz.co.nz/news/national/515300…) confirms the actual amount is $105 million. According to Te Whatu Ora, this isn't a budget cut. It is the amount hospitals have gone over budget already for the 2023-2024 year, and need to trim spending by to stay within their budgets for the year. Quite how they are going to save that much before 30 June I don't know.
Considering the crazy shit they're pulling with their nationally orientated IT projects, it's madness. I'm all for change (and leadership!) but it's like a scorched earth strategy currently...