July 27, 2023 7:00am by David Farrar

400 staff for the Maori Health Authority

In February the number of staff for the Maori Health Authority was reported at a staggering 227 FTEs, but the CE told the Select Committee a few weeks go it was 321 and now that has had to be corrected to 400! To put in context, Pharmac has around 150 FTEs and double the budget! pic.twitter.com/HZwE0Dkxlv
— Dr Shane Reti (@DrShaneRetiMP) July 25, 2023

That a staggering amount of staff.

I’m sceptical of the effectiveness of the Maori Health Authority, but willing to be persuaded. If they genuinely can improve health outcomes for Maori, that would be great.

But I just can’t imagine what 400 staff are going to do. That nearly three times as many as Pharmac.

The number of two year old Maori children that are not fully vaccinated has increased from 7% (in 2017) to 35%. This is a potential disaster. Is the Maori Health Authority going to turn this around?

National managed to lift the rate for Maori children from 73% to 93% without an MHA.

What will be the metrics on which we will judge if the MHA is doing a good job with 400 staff?

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