Restructuring the health system during a pandemic was an act of madness.
Wasting money on a transition unit that did little, if anything useful makes it worse:
. . . It will take until next year’s Budget for the public to discover how the overhauled health sector will be funded, despite more than $30 million being spent on a “transition unit” within the Prime Minister’s own department.
That’s left health industry insiders and watchers worried about the time and energy required to establish the new system, while, at the same time, it’s struggling with workforce issues, Covid-induced backlogs, and creaking infrastructure. . .
The Health and Disability System Review Transition Unit, within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), was established in August 2020.
The following month, then-minister Chris Hipkins announced former director-general of health Stephen McKernan, head of consultancy EY’s government and public sector practice, would lead…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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