Category: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Investigation follows scathing report on health board spending

South Auckland’s health board has begun investigating itself after earning a scathing reprimand from the country’s health boss but no resolution to multimillion-dollar spending questions. The Counties Manukau District Health Board was meant to be subject to two more inquiries but those have been cancelled. Instead, it is calling in the lawyers off its own bat.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Serious questions raised over Counties-Manukau DHB finances

An official audit has raised serious questions about multiple financial irregularities at Counties Manukau District Health Board. It includes revelations that senior staff reported that DHB-run conferences made healthy profits when in fact there were losses of almost a million dollars. The problems are detailed in an audit released late yesterday by the Health Minstry which is calling the findings troubling and unacceptable but is taking no further action. Joining me now to discuss the findings is RNZ health correspondent, Karen Brown.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Assisted Dying bill “undermines disabled people”

Disabilities Commissioner Paula Tesoriero is strongly opposed to the End of Life Choice bill, being considered by parliament. The Justice Select committee is part way through a nationwide tour,  hearing 3,500 submissions on the bill in person, out of a total of 35,000 written submissions.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Select committee urged to stop the spread of ISDS under CPTPP

“A range of labour, health and environmental organisations are calling for a clause to be inserted into the CPTPP Amendment Bill that would prevent future governments from extending investor‑state dispute settlement (ISDS) to countries seeking to join the agreement,” says Oliver Hailes, spokesperson for It’s Our Future, the network of opposition to the TPPA and other economic treaties that undermine democracy.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: The changing shape of NHS finances

As austerity and widespread staffing shortages began to bite over the past decade, the finances of NHS providers often took a familiar shape each year – a few providers made a large surplus, a few made a large deficit, and most organisations hovered around the ‘breakeven’ middle. But more recently this pattern of financial performance has been increasingly pulled out of shape and distorted.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: How is the NHS performing? June 2018 quarterly monitoring report

The King’s Fund published its first quarterly monitoring report in April 2011 as part of our work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and care system is facing. This is the 26th report and aims to take stock of what has happened over the past three months, including the recently announced funding offer for the NHS.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: The public and the NHS: what’s the deal?

The NHS is under financial pressure with growing demand for services. As the NHS reaches its 70th birthday, The King’s Fund has been exploring how the public views its relationship with the NHS. In March 2018, in partnership with Ipsos MORI, they carried out three ‘deliberative workshops’ to explore this issue.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Health Minister at the crossroads: which way to improve the public health system?

“The Minister of Health needs to avoid the easy but wrong-headed option of structural change in his review of New Zealand’s public health and disability sectors,” says Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS).

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Nurses’ strike underway

Nurses around the country are on strike for 24 hours from 7am Thursday 12 July, after last-ditch talks failed to settle their pay deal. Nurses say it’s about safety and safe staffing in hospitals, and ensuring nurses are valued for the work they do.

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Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Urgent call to improve medicine access for Māori

New research is painting a bleak picture of the problems Māori patients face in getting equitable access to medicines. Dr. Matire Harwood (Ngapuhi) is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland’s Medical School and GP at Papakura Marae. Her research is focused on tackling some of the biggest inequalities in Māori health to improve outcomes for patients. She says the latest research shows a clear and urgent need to improve medicines management services, but there are positive signs at a grass roots level. She is a finalist for Te Tupu-ā-Rangi Award for Health and Science for her contributions to investigating health conditions in relation to Māori health.

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