Concerns Grow Over Lack of Oversight in Private Healthcare
Recent moves by Health NZ to push for greater reliance on private healthcare raise serious concerns about patient safety and accountability.
Health Minister Simeon Brown is correct we do need timely and equitable access to quality care. However, there is a crucial distinction between quality health care and safe health care. While Aotearoa New Zealand strives for high-quality healthcare, quality does not always mean safety.
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Our major project at the moment is lobbying for the establishment of an independent Patient Safety Commissioner. Find out more about the Patient Safety Commissioner here...
The Health Consumer Advocacy Alliance is a collective of experienced healthcare advocates who share a common passion for creating positive, effective and lasting change. Our founders have a common standpoint; that health care as it is now is not working, that the experience of New Zealanders in the health system is not what it should be. By working together and pooling our experience we identify areas and opportunities where we can facilitate change within the healthcare system and ensure that our voice, the consumer voice, is heard.
The Health Consumer Advocacy Alliance — founded by consumers for consumers. Experts by experience.
The Health Consumer Advocacy Alliance — founded by consumers for consumers. Experts by experience.
On the 19th of February we made our oral
submissions to the Parliamentary Health Select Committee in support of our petition for an
independent Patient Safety Commissioner.
