On Kerre Woodham Mornings on Friday, Kerre had a robust discussion about what was taking place in our health system. There were two calls in particular which stopped me in my tracks.
One was a chat with Christchurch surgeon Frank Frizelle, who this week spoke out about how local surgeons say they’re forced to decide which cancer patients to treat, as cancer patients are waiting longer for procedures due of a lack of resources, in this case anaesthetic technicians.
What really got his goat though was the way the Te Whatu Ora Waitaha, formerly the Canterbury District Health Board, was presenting information that didn’t stack up with what those on the front line, those having the hard conversations with patients, are facing.
We all have different experiences with the health system. Some are faultless, some are beyond belief. But there’s nothing more frustrating than being told there is nothing to see here, when there clearly is. I can’t imagine how demoralising it must be for the staff involved.
So it’s good to see surgeons, GP’s, ED doctors, nurses, and paramedics speaking out, expressing their concerns at the lack of adequate planning, resources, and investment going into the health system. Their concerns should be our concerns.
When you hear from those in the know you realise it’s not just the media wanting to label things a crisis.
Listen to Frank Frizelle talk to Kerre about the health system as a whole. He’s talking about an implosion.
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