The Government's planned Māori Health Authority will give Māori a greater voice in the health system, a patient says. READ MORE:* Government announces radical plan to centralise healthcare, will abolish DHBs* Government to announce shape of NZ's reformed health system, possible powers for new Māori Health Authority* Government set to urgently restructure stressed and unequal health systemA new Māori Health Authority will also be established and will have the power to commission services, monitor the state of Māori health and develop policy. She said there are still a lot of questions around how the Māori Health Authority will operate and how it will be funded. In a statement, National’s health spokesman Dr Shane Reti said Māori have greater health needs than the rest of the population. But we do not support a separate Māori Health Authority as it runs the risk of a fragmented two-tier system.

Source: Stuff April 22, 2021 01:31 UTC