New Zealand’s fragmented health system needs structural reform, not just more funding
A commentator argues New Zealand's health system requires integration across services to handle future demand, not just increased spending.
The health system's fragmentation limits what additional funding can achieve. Rather than simply investing more in disconnected services, the next government must connect the system to meet rising demand. Structural reform is needed alongside any budgetary increases.
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NZ’s health system needs more than money, it needs to work as one
Comment: Funding fragmented services more generously will not fix healthcare. The next government must connect the system before rising demand overwhelms it. The post NZ’s health system needs more than money, it needs to work as one appeared first on…