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Ian Powell
Otaihanga Second Opinion is a regular health systems blog in New Zealand.
Ian Powell is the editor of the health systems blog 'Otaihanga Second Opinion.' He is also a columnist for New Zealand Doctor, occasional columnist for the Sunday Star Times, and contributor to the Victoria University hosted Democracy Project. For over 30 years , until December 2019, he was the Executive Director of Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, the union representing senior doctors and dentists in New Zealand.
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Haka, Hikoi And The Empowerment Of The Kohanga Generation
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 6:26 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the recent massive unprecedented hikoi in New Zealand in its wider context including the relationship between struggle, consciousness and empowerment. More >>
Commissioner’s Approach To Healthcare Provision: ‘Slash And Burn’
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 5:06 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses Health New Zealand’s ‘slash and burn’ approach under its new Commissioner Lester Levy with particular reference to IT infrastructure. More >>
David Farrar’s Incomplete Health Workforce Analysis
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 6:34 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses why increasing numbers of resident (junior) doctors in New Zealand are leaving the country, primarily to Australia, in response to an incomplete simplistic claim by rightwing political commentator David Farrar. More >>
Changing Face Of Capitalism: Private Equity Threat To New Zealand Economy
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 7:01 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the potential threat of private equity companies to the New Zealand economy in light of the SolarZero liquidation and the US experience. More >>
Public Hospital Specialists Increase: Delusional Spit In The Ocean With Sinister Undertone
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 6:13 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the recent announcement of an increase of 50 senior hospital doctor position in New Zealand’s pubic health system; both the strong scepticism and a sinister undertone. More >>
General Practice Visits, Emergency Department Presentations, And Social Determinants Of Health
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 2:38 pm | Ian Powell
In this article, Ian Powell examines the relationship between declining general practice visits, emergency department presentations, and social determinants of health, as highlighted by the latest New Zealand health survey. More >>
New Zealand’s Shameful Modern Slavery Shutdown
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 6:26 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the government’s shameful response to modern slavery in New Zealand. More >>
Physician Associates: A ‘Solution’ Desperately Searching For A Problem
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 10:17 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the controversy over the attempt by US physician associates in New Zealand to be registered under the Health Competence Assurance Act. More >>
From Thriving To Surviving: ‘Poster Child’ General Practice Struggle Symbolises Primary Care Crisis
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 7:42 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses a crisis at a ‘poster child’ general practice in New Zealand as part of a wider primary care crisis. More >>
Fast-Tracking Wealth Accumulation And The War On Nature
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 7:42 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the Fast-Track Approvals Bill currently before the New Zealand Parliament. It discusses the core driver behind this intent to disregard environmental protections in economic development and infrastructure. More >>
‘If You Don’t Have Hope, You Can’t Have A Strategy’
Saturday, 2 November 2024, 5:38 am | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses how our health system got into the mess it presently finds itself in and how it might get out of it. More >>
Non-disclosure Agreements In Health Systems – An Oxymoron!
Saturday, 12 October 2024, 7:33 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses Health New Zealand’s use of non-disclosure agreements in the context of oxymorons and health system culture. More >>
Why Socialism (Why Not New Zealand)
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 6:41 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses an Albert Einstein 1949 article on socialism and its relevance to New Zealand. More >>
Effectiveology
Saturday, 5 October 2024, 9:22 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses a new word for improving health systems. More >>
Careful What You Ask For Labour Party: Following UK Labour Not Smart Politics
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 7:52 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the importance of the Labour Party demonstrating smart politics in considering UK Labour’s recent election win in the context of Chris Hipkins current visit to the UK. More >>
Blending False Narratives With Scapegoating; Think Pots, Kettles And Black!
Saturday, 21 September 2024, 7:19 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the ousting of a chief finance officer in the context of the blending of false narratives and scapegoating. More >>
An Email That Almost Says It All
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:54 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses an email by business journalist Bernard Hickey in the context of unfairness and inequity along with the social wage. More >>
Puberty Blockers And The Hippocratic Oath
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:53 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses, in the context of the approach to be taken in New Zealand, the Cass Review of puberty blockers and the importance of applying the Hippocratic Oath. More >>
From Financial Illiteracy Smear To Understanding Healthcare Complexities; History Repeating Or Rhyming?
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 8:04 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the smearing of the Health NZ Board, the dual complexities of health systems, the relevance of the subsidiarity principle, and asks whether history is repeating or rhyming. More >>
Towards An Economy Based On Provision Of Human Needs
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 11:58 am | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses transitioning from an economy driven by wealth accumulation based on exchange-values to one driven by the provision of human needs based on use-values. It includes drawing upon the Covid 19 pandemic and increased ecological risk. More >>
