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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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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 >>
Message From Health Professionals To Health Bosses: Please Stop The Spin
Saturday, 10 August 2024, 4:16 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the frustration of health professionals in New Zealand over spin doctoring by the system’s leadership and the need for this to stop More >>
A Quiet Health New Zealand Resignation That Speaks Volumes
Saturday, 3 August 2024, 7:01 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the significance of a resignation from the Board of Health New Zealand. More >>
What’s Behind Cruelty To Animals
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 3:57 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses first protection for companion farm pets in New Zealand and then elephant exploitation and sanctuaries in Thailand, all in the context of what drives capitalism. More >>
Information Technology And New Zealand's Health System: 0 Steps Forward, 2 Back
Monday, 22 July 2024, 8:52 am | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses in a wider context the cutting of Health New Zealand’s IT budget. More >>
Health Leadership, Tobacco Control And A Sacred Oath: ‘First Do No Harm’
Sunday, 14 July 2024, 7:37 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses the conflict between the government’s decision to repeal new world-leading tobacco controls and the medical ethics of doctors working in senior Health New Zealand positions. More >>
Structured Literacy – How Rigidity Flows From Ideology
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 5:09 pm | Ian Powell
Ian Powell discusses how the ideological use of structural literacy has led to rigidity in the teaching and learning of literacy in New Zealand primary schools. More >>
