Capital and Coast DHB needs more funding not further cuts
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 11:03 am Press Release: David Choat
MEDIA RELEASE
Capital and Coast DHB needs more
funding not further cuts
“The Government should use
Thursday’s budget to show a commitment to healthcare by
significantly re-investing in Capital and Coast DHB, we
cannot afford to face further cuts in funding and services,
said David Choat, Capital and Coast Board member elected
under the banner of Care not Cuts.
“We have rates of
rheumatic fever that are shameful and hefty doctor charges
that already make healthcare unaffordable for many. Without
an increase in funding, these will just get
worse.”
“We are already starting to hear about
organisations that do important work in the community
facing funding cuts by the DHB. These cuts will be most
strongly felt by the poor, the elderly and the young, they
must be reversed.”
“Unless there is a significant
re-investment in health in Thursday’s budget, I will be
urging the Capital and Coast DHB Board to call for answers
from the Minister of Health Tony Ryall about how we are
expected to do more with
less.”
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