Te Whatu Ora

2023 - 3 - 31

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Te Whatu Ora restructure: 1600 backroom jobs on chopping block ... (New Zealand Herald)

About 1600 Health New Zealand backroom staff could “potentially” lose their jobs in an attempt to strengthen the frontline workforce.

That now has to be promptly completed and management systems activated around accountable performance targets”. This next change proposes to simplify how we work by streamlining teams that do similar work and reduce duplication across the country.” It would not be providing any further details on the proposed structures while it waited for staff feedback. “Over the course of 2023, we will be working to deliver on the promise of reforms by continuing to unify, simplify and integrate our team of teams for the benefit of whānau and communities,” she said. Te Whatu Ora had inherited more than 270 “tier 2″ executive leaders from the previous 29 entities. “As a whole, around 1600 people are potentially impacted.

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1600 Te Whatu Ora staff 'potentially' on chopping block in bid to ... (Newshub)

The restructure will impact people in management and leadership roles and teams in back-office functions.

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National calls for Te Whatu Ora to release nationwide staff survey ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Leaks from Te Whatu Ora's nationwide survey of employees highlight serious concerns about resourcing in Counties Manukau.

Otherwise it would expect the request to be processed under the Official Information Act. *

Te Whatu Ora Bureaucracy Cuts Should Just Be The Start | Scoop ... (Scoop.co.nz)

Te Whatu Ora's move to reduce the number of back-office bureaucrats should be welcomed. If only Labour could apply that approach to the entire public sector ...

“Labour has been a boon for Wellington bureaucrats. “Our Alternative Budget released last year would have attacked wasteful government spending by shrinking the bureaucracy. Yesterday, ACT revealed that Kainga Ora has grown its staff by 74 per cent in three years while only managing an extra seven per cent of homes.

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UPLOAD: A new-look National Public Health Service (New Zealand Doctor Online)

A revamp of National Public Health Services is described in a consultation document released to staff by Te Whatu Ora yesterday and includes dispensing with ...

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National calls for clarity as 1600 Te Whatu Ora jobs up for consultation (1 News)

More than 80,000 people work for the mega health authority since the 20 former district health boards were merged into one centralised system last July. The ...

"Why are we are we shuffling the deck chairs in the middle of a pandemic and when we've got emergency department times the worst we've ever seen and surgical wait times the worst they've ever been?" In a statement, Verrall said: "As part of the health reforms, we knew there would need to be efficiencies made." In a statement, Te Whatu Ora said 1600 jobs will be affected, and include roles from executive leaders through to those working in commissioning, finance, and service improvement and innovation.

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Doubts Te Whatu Ora's restructure will actually happen (Newstalk ZB)

Auckland University Medical Emeritus Professor Des Gorman told Andrew Dickens while restructure is needed, he's doubtful it will happen. "There's no question ...

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National MP Erica Stanford says axing of Te Whatu Ora staff shows ... (Newshub)

"The Government is distracted with the backroom instead of focusing on the frontline need."

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National calls for Te Whatu Ora to release nationwide staff survey ... (RNZ)

National's Dr Shane Reti is calling on Te Whatu Ora to release a nationwide survey after leaks highlighted serious concerns about resourcing in Counties ...

Otherwise it would expect the request to be processed under the Official Information Act. A spokesperson for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner said if personal information was included in the survey material it would expect Te Whatu Ora to consider its obligations under the Privacy Act. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand chief people officer Jim Green conceded the biggest concerns related to the lack of resourcing and he was conscious of the pressures being felt across the "whole health system".

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