Ashley Bloomfield

Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes has today announced the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, has chosen to step down at the end of July.

At this stage in the Government’s COVID-19 response, and at the beginning of significant changes to the health and disability sector, Dr Bloomfield feels July is a good time to step away and have an extended break. I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done. Dr Bloomfield has played a vital role in New Zealand’s success.

Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand's Director General of Health and architect of its world-leading COVID-19 response, is hanging up his stethoscope in July.

New Zealand is currently enduring the worst outbreak of the pandemic, though public health experts and modellers believe the peak has past. "(He) has demonstrated remarkable resilience and courage in leading the health system's overall response to COVID-19. That response has saved lives." "In every sense of the world, through his tireless dedication, his focus on people, his calm and considered approach, he has been a true public servant," she said.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, posting on Instagram, said she hadn't gotten to know many public servants as well as Bloomfield. "Through his tireless dedication ...

"Equally importantly, I'm still in the job for the next four months. The wider public service has done an outstanding job in helping lead the country through the Covid-19 pandemic and it's been a pleasure working with other public service leaders to help deliver the response." "I've done everything I set out to do when I came into the role. "I've committed myself wholeheartedly to the role for nearly four years. I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done. Give the man a beer, he's truly earned it!"

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will step down from the Ministry of Health in July, after years leading the country through the Covid-19 ...

“It’s going to be a time of change,” she said. “Dr Bloomfield has demonstrated remarkable resilience and courage in leading the health system’s overall response to Covid-19. That response has saved lives,” Hughes said. “Dr Bloomfield has worked tirelessly for more than two years to keep New Zealanders safe from coronavirus,” Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes said, in a statement.

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Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes announced the news in a media release on Tuesday morning. "At this stage in the Government's Covid-19 response, ...

Bloomfield came to public prominence in early 2020 at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. So kia ora from across the Motu, Dr Bloomfield. We thank you," she wrote. I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done.

Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield is resigning in July. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, posting on Instagram, said she hadn't got to know many ...

"Equally importantly, I'm still in the job for the next four months. "I've done everything I set out to do when I came into the role. The wider public service has done an outstanding job in helping lead the country through the Covid-19 pandemic and it's been a pleasure working with other public service leaders to help deliver the response." "I've committed myself wholeheartedly to the role for nearly four years. We remain in the middle of a pandemic, we are assisting in the sector reorganisation and we're continuing with our vaccine programmes in the lead up to winter – so we'll continue the hard mahi for some time to come." He said with the changing nature of the pandemic, as well as the changes to the health sector with fewer DHBs, "it's a good time for me to step back and allow a new director- general to shape and lead the organisation in future".

Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield is being lauded as a true public servant who worked tirelessly during the Covid-19 pandemic after an announc.

"Equally importantly, I'm still in the job for the next four months. "I've done everything I set out to do when I came into the role. The wider public service has done an outstanding job in helping lead the country through the Covid-19 pandemic and it's been a pleasure working with other public service leaders to help deliver the response." "I've committed myself wholeheartedly to the role for nearly four years. I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done. He said with the changing nature of the pandemic, as well as the changes to the health sector with fewer DHBs, "it's a good time for me to step back and allow a new director-general to shape and lead the organisation in future".

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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will step down from the Ministry of Health in July, after leading the country through the Covid-19 pandemic.

I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done. Dr Bloomfield has played a vital role in New Zealand’s success. “I thank Dr Bloomfield for his commitment to public service, his spirit of service to the community and his exceptional contribution to New Zealand’s Covid-19 response.

Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes announced the news in a media release on Tuesday morning. "At this stage in the Government's Covid-19 response, ...

Bloomfield came to public prominence in early 2020 at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. So kia ora from across the Motu, Dr Bloomfield. We thank you," she wrote. I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done.

Softly-spoken public servant who became a household name says the role had been challenging and complex.

Asked by reporters about his tenure and the way New Zealanders had responded to him, he said, “throughout the last two years I’ve heard from New Zealanders all across the country, a huge number of messages of gratitude and support - not for me for me and my role but for the work that our team has done… “I know many New Zealanders will also be thankful for the job he has done.” “I’ve been thinking for a while about what’s the right time for me to step down. “There’s not many public servants I have got to know as well as Dr Ashley Bloomfield,” prime minister Jacinda Ardern said in a tribute to the director-general’s tenure. According to local media outlet Stuff, Bloomfield “worked 12-hour days, up to seven days a week, through much of the pandemic”. His fame grew as his public health announcements were set to dubstep at a music festival, informal fanclubs appeared online, and he became inspiration for some ill-advised fanfiction, including a romance novella.