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| Thread ID: 93492 | 2008-09-19 05:21:00 | Who shall we vote for? | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 706328 | 2008-09-19 05:21:00 | Part of an article I recieved . . . . . The Public Health Association (PHA) is well established as a champion of left-wing, nanny-state causes . And said PHA appears to have fervent admirers within the Ministry of Health . Listed at the top of the income column in the annual accounts for the year to 31 March 2008 are the following four items: MOH Advocacy Informed Debate $167,395 MOH Advocacy Health Public Policy $127,000 MOH Advocacy Conferences Subsidy $ 57,000 MOH Core Competencies Project $ 31,515 That’s a cool $382,910 the Ministry of Health has given to its left-wing activist mates . Every cent of it at the expense of providing care for sick people . As you might expect, the National Party Spokesperson on Health, Tony Ryall, has already been on the case . Mr Ryall asked Health Minister David Cunliffe to explain the purpose of the grants . According to the Minister, the MOH Advocacy Informed Debate grant of $167,395 was to fund “the development of a communication plan which includes: - keeping members and supporters informed of the Public Health Association’s activities - developing strategies for sharing research-based information to the public health workforce and interested public - co-ordinating the provision of evidence-based research information and timely comment to the media in response to emerging public health issues” . The MOH Advocacy Health Public Policy grant of $127,000 was to fund the “maintenance of member networks that contribute to healthy public policy - maintenance of a Maori caucus to provide Maori perspectives into the development of healthy public policy - liaison with Government and Non-Government organisations to encourage innovative collaborative action in the development of public health policy, and - provision of Public Health Association’s collective expertise to research-based advice and information on social policy, workforce, regulatory and legislative processes affecting public health” . The MOH Core Competencies Project grant of $57,000 was for “planning and delivering focus group workshops with selected public health service providers to: - update providers on implementation of the Public Health Workforce Development Plan and seek advice on ways to support its implementation - share information on experiences of developing and implementing professional competencies in the workplace” . All of which, ladies and gentlemen, are very poor substitutes for the doctors, nurses and hospital beds on which these hundreds of thousands of dollars should have been spent . And they want us to vote labour . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 706329 | 2008-09-19 05:44:00 | To put that number into perspective ($382,000.00), that is nearly 32 hip or knee replacements!!!! Private sector costs are around $12K per each - surgeon/anaesthetist costs additional to this (which, if done in under the public health system, would be at no additional cost, of course)... That could have moved some waiting list patients!!! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 706330 | 2008-09-19 06:08:00 | To be fair, all the conferences were held in Smurf-run establishments. Otherwise the bill would have been a shade over $175.85 plus tips. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 706331 | 2008-09-19 06:28:00 | To be fair, all the conferences were held in Smurf-run establishments. Otherwise the bill would have been a shade over $175.85 plus tips. ;) One could then surmise one of two things from that (if true) 1. There are no establishments run by lefties, because they don't know how to run successful businesses or 2. The event organisers are extremely poor judges of value for money and should be sacked forthwith from the Labour party (perhaps there's a salt mine available in Siberia they could visit to be re-indoctrinated) :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 706332 | 2008-09-19 07:27:00 | :) :clap :D :clap :D | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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