NZ deserves more respect for keeping Covid deaths so low
With the arrival of Omicron on our shores, it is hard to believe, judging by the media coverage particularly on MIQ, that the Government has got anything right in its pandemic response.
Peter Davis: Lessons from the Auckland Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak
Very unfortunate and troubling though it has been for all concerned, in retrospect the Auckland outbreak has been a salutary experience from which everyone can learn something. Our first wave seemed to involve – for the most part – youngish and healthy...
Peter Davis: Simpson report presents an opportunity for Auckland
The Health and Disability System Review (known as the Simpson Report after the chair, Heather Simpson) was recently published. It draws substantially on submissions from the sector and has been a couple of the years in the making. It is the most substantial review of...
Peter Davis – Health and Social Care “Closer to Home”
City Vision Heath candidate, Peter Davis wrote an excellent OpEd in the NZHerald which is copied below for your reading pleasure. Health and Social Care – “Closer to Home” According to a recent news item, District Health Board (DHB) deficits are set to expand to...