Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 13, 2016 17:23:07 GMT 12
ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM IN HEALTH FUNDING
Māori health providers are subjected to more rigourous criteria than DHBs according to Māori health advocates.
Chief executive of Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust John Tamihere said his organisation was more closely scrutinised than DHBs and other health entities.
"There's different rules for different folks in this country and if you're a Māori provider you're never trusted. I have five full-time staff here working on audits from health, welfare, everybody running right across us. I keep a heap of regulators employed here to pore over whether our detail is correct or not. The same does not occur for non-Māori providers."....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/313182/accusations-of-racism-in-health-funding
Māori health providers are subjected to more rigourous criteria than DHBs according to Māori health advocates.
Chief executive of Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust John Tamihere said his organisation was more closely scrutinised than DHBs and other health entities.
"There's different rules for different folks in this country and if you're a Māori provider you're never trusted. I have five full-time staff here working on audits from health, welfare, everybody running right across us. I keep a heap of regulators employed here to pore over whether our detail is correct or not. The same does not occur for non-Māori providers."....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/313182/accusations-of-racism-in-health-funding