Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 8, 2021 9:04:31 GMT 12
CODE RED FOR HEALTH – by Dr Muriel Newman.
“The Maori Health Authority is established to be entirely Māori focused, and although Health New Zealand has additional focuses, it is also significantly focused on Māori, so the whole system is tilted towards Māori. It is clear from the explanatory note and from the Regulatory Impact Assessment that this is precisely what is intended.
“In terms of deployment of health system resources, the tilting must result in relative advantage to the Māori community and relative detriment to the non-Māori community: from a total allocation for health services, if more resources per capita are devoted to Māori, less resources per capita are available for non-Māori.”
The introduction to the Bill uses the fabricated claim of a Treaty “partnership” to justify the changes: “For Maori in particular, the health system does not operate in partnership and does not meet the Crown’s obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.”
It then explains that radical Waitangi Tribunal recommendations are being embedded into the new health system: “The Bill places Treaty-informed decision-making at the heart of the system by ensuring that decisions made by health entities will be genuinely informed by the health principles identified by the Wiatangi Tribunal, and that the legislation will support system-wide accountability for Māori health outcomes.”.....
www.nzcpr.com/code-red-for-health/
“The Maori Health Authority is established to be entirely Māori focused, and although Health New Zealand has additional focuses, it is also significantly focused on Māori, so the whole system is tilted towards Māori. It is clear from the explanatory note and from the Regulatory Impact Assessment that this is precisely what is intended.
“In terms of deployment of health system resources, the tilting must result in relative advantage to the Māori community and relative detriment to the non-Māori community: from a total allocation for health services, if more resources per capita are devoted to Māori, less resources per capita are available for non-Māori.”
The introduction to the Bill uses the fabricated claim of a Treaty “partnership” to justify the changes: “For Maori in particular, the health system does not operate in partnership and does not meet the Crown’s obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.”
It then explains that radical Waitangi Tribunal recommendations are being embedded into the new health system: “The Bill places Treaty-informed decision-making at the heart of the system by ensuring that decisions made by health entities will be genuinely informed by the health principles identified by the Wiatangi Tribunal, and that the legislation will support system-wide accountability for Māori health outcomes.”.....
www.nzcpr.com/code-red-for-health/