Re: What can England’s NHS learn from Canterbury New Zealand?
I moved from being a general practitioner to a medical administrator in the early 1980s and initiated some integrated hospital board funded, community-based services in Canterbury, New Zealand. I was disappointed to see them destroyed as a result of the competition introduced by the health reforms of early 1990s. I was delighted to see the integration that we tried to put in place has now been more fully implemented. Perhaps Nicholas Mays' work for the New Zealand Treasury promoted his interest in the development of effective policies.
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Re: What can England’s NHS learn from Canterbury New Zealand?
I moved from being a general practitioner to a medical administrator in the early 1980s and initiated some integrated hospital board funded, community-based services in Canterbury, New Zealand. I was disappointed to see them destroyed as a result of the competition introduced by the health reforms of early 1990s. I was delighted to see the integration that we tried to put in place has now been more fully implemented. Perhaps Nicholas Mays' work for the New Zealand Treasury promoted his interest in the development of effective policies.
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