Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 4, 2020 12:36:43 GMT 12
MAORI CAN’T BE FOUND ON MULLER’S FRONT-BENCH LIST BUT THEY ARE GETTING PRIORITY TREATMENT ON A REVISED SURGERY LIST
Claims and counter-claims about racism have been triggered by two lists in the past week.
Elective surgery was at issue with one list. Election prospects were at issue with the other.
Let’s sharpen our scalpels and start with the surgery.
Changes are being made in the Wellington region to a system whereby people placed on a surgical waiting list are treated according to clinical urgency, firstly, and then days waiting on that list.
Clinical urgency is determined using national scoring tools (www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/data-references/code-tables/national-booking-reporting-system-code-tables). In general the higher the score, the greater the urgency for treatment.
No longer, according to this press statement:......
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/maori-cant-be-found-on-mullers-front-bench-list-but-they-are-getting-priority-treatment-on-a-revised-surgery-list/
Claims and counter-claims about racism have been triggered by two lists in the past week.
Elective surgery was at issue with one list. Election prospects were at issue with the other.
Let’s sharpen our scalpels and start with the surgery.
Changes are being made in the Wellington region to a system whereby people placed on a surgical waiting list are treated according to clinical urgency, firstly, and then days waiting on that list.
Clinical urgency is determined using national scoring tools (www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/data-references/code-tables/national-booking-reporting-system-code-tables). In general the higher the score, the greater the urgency for treatment.
No longer, according to this press statement:......
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/maori-cant-be-found-on-mullers-front-bench-list-but-they-are-getting-priority-treatment-on-a-revised-surgery-list/