Te Ao Māori News
NEW YORK – The coalition government has come under scrutiny at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York for decisions affecting Māori health.
National Iwi Chairs Forum Pou Tikanga and former Chief Operating Officer of Hāpai te Hauora, Janell Dymus-Kurei — who was part of a delegation representing Māori at the forum — raised concerns about the government’s review of health workforce legislation.
The proposed changes, outlined in the document Putting Patients First: Modernising Health Workforce Regulation, suggest a shift away from current expectations that health practitioners consider practices “beyond clinical safety.”
