The Detail: Is NZ's health leadership in crisis?

Resident Doctor’s Association national secretary Dr Deborah Powell says the three very top level resignations in a short time is a sign of the level of stress and difficulty our health sector is in.

“We are in real trouble. And our leadership and the destabilisation that these resignations are showing, is just a demonstration of just how much trouble health is in…. And it really doesn’t matter how many ministers we get, or CEs, or even director-generals, it’s not going to solve our fundamental problem that health is strapped for cash. It’s underfunded, exacerbated at the moment by a focus on funding and cutting costs, which is making things worse.”

Read the full RNZ article here.