Profitability is not a reliable formula for sustainable general practice
Ian Powell
Executive director of the Association of Salaried Specialists for more than 30 years until 2019, Ian Powell is now a health commentator and publisher of a health systems blog Otaihanga Second Opinion and a politics blog Political Bytes.
Ground-breaking polyclinic to deliver where govt won’t
Many Kāpiti residents have to travel 60km for basic medical care; the alternative shouldn’t be a controversial privately-built public hospital, but an innovative council-backed polyclinic
The long political game behind the sacking of Rob Campbell
The appointment of a health outsider was opposed by the Prime Minister from day one
How Te Whatu Ora can succeed: Learn lessons of the past
While Te Whatu Ora’s birth signifies the death of DHBs, we must look into the past for answers, write political opposites Ian Powell and Heather Roy.
How Te Whatu Ora can succeed: Overcome a structural weakness
An omission from the Pae Ora Act is a major deficit, write political opposites Ian Powell and Heather Roy, in the second part of their series on Te Whatu Ora.
How Te Whatu Ora can succeed: Put patients first
Political opposites Ian Powell and Heather Roy take the temperature of the country’s unitary health body.