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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
On the Record
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Dismantle Pharmac to make medicine procurement better run

OPINION: Pull function of procurement inside Te Whatu Ora to operate laterally across our health system.

NBR columnist Rachel Smalley speaks with Calida Stuart-Menteath.

Rob Campbell, former chair of Te Whatu Ora, wasn’t the first to highlight inefficiencies in the public sector. He won’t be the last either.

Many have tried. Many who try to get cut-through or drive change, fail. There are some fine people working in Wellington’s bureaucracy. And there are

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