Future lies in expanded primary and community care and fewer hospitals

Peter Davis: Enhanced primary care networks would nurture the health and social care needs of their designated practice populations and keep them out of hospital. (Stock photo)

I wrote this article in September 2019, below is the first paragraph and and link to the piece.

OPINION: The interim report of the health and disability review panel confirms much of what we already know: while the New Zealand system performs adequately by international comparison, it is overly complex and lacks national coherence, its performance is not well monitored and enhanced, primary care and population health lag, digital technologies are underdeveloped and at odds with each other and there is a lack of responsiveness to Māori and Pasifika. And, overall, the system needs “future proofing”.

Read the whole article on stuff.co.nz

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Peter Davis NZ

Peter Davis recently retired from Auckland University where he established and headed the COMPASS research group in the Faculty of Arts for ten years and before that taught and researched in health policy and health services in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (and for a time at the Christchurch Medical School) for 30 years. Peter remains an Honorary Professor in Statistics and an Emeritus Professor in Population Health and Social Science at the University of Auckland. He was recently elected to the Auckland District Health Board where his main areas of interest are: the reporting and using of information to improve the performance of health systems, the effective management of public sector organisations to achieve policy goals, and the development of evidence-informed public policy. Peter is also Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Helen Clark Foundation, a New Zealand-focussed public policy think tank.

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