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#Ozempic for alcoholism? What's this?
What if a diabetes drug also curbs addictions?
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Axing half our Health IT services? What could possibly go wrong?
Why firing half the IT department isn't a wise idea. And why government leaks have become the main way we're learning the truth about the austerity…
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Reti & Levy announcement: 'We didn't cancel something. Please clap.'
When you expect a smack, but get a small lolly instead.
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More nurses would save money and lives.
We know we're causing harm and extra expense by understaffing. Yet we keep doing it.
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Preventing 'avoidable' deaths: Too expensive? Or too expensive not to?
You don't want the holes in the Swiss cheese to line up.
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"Nurse Safe Staffing?" Never heard of it.
"Safe staffing" protections are being eroded. Let's supercharge them.
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On "self-censorship"
When resistance seems fruitless, good people sometimes choose the easier way out: doing nothing and hoping for something better.
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Levy and Reti: the Auditor General forces them to be honest.
With no other options left, the Health NZ commanders decide to do the right thing.
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Austerity in Healthcare as Margie almost hits the million dollar club
Meanwhile, support staff are understaffed and skipping tea breaks.
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November 2024

"Unrealised gains"
"Musk, Tesla’s largest individual shareholder, is roughly $83 billion richer since Election Day, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index."
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"Contestable": when poor people (or hospitals) have to fight for scraps.
I can't believe we've descended to this level. Actually, yes, I can believe it. I'm just saddened by it.
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Will NZ hospitals really have to fight each other to get these funding crumbs?
If you want your funding for 0.6 of a doctor, you've got to fight. (But not if you're a property investor or cigarette corporation).
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