I’m not even saying I agree with all the policy in my field (health) but everything I have seen has been a) creative b) thought through and c) having industry expert input. 3 things that are generally lacking from what we currently see coming out of parliament.
Say what you want about @nzlabour but they are using their time in opposition to work on and release policy to a degree that makes the 2017-2023 Nats look like a bunch of muppets.
@LewSOS@REasther@gdholtby@who_shot_jgr Whatever doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. Says the guy who jigsawed through his own jigsaw power cable. 🤦♂️
This is a rather famous vintage map by the genius Charles Minard. It shows global emigration in 1858. We see which countries migrants left behind. HT @vintagemapstore
@Becs Actually, I think also approved for “high risk” individuals aged 50-60. Don’t quote me but I think this means people with diagnosis of asthma/COPD amongst other risk factors.
@kiwialliance Yeah. I just had higher expectations for Labour Ministers of Health. But what we got was politicians explaining to us what the Government/MOH had already decided. Very top down regardless of political party.
Former Labour Ministers of health hang your heads in shame. My overall response to this is “Well that wasn’t so hard to say, was it?”
https://t.co/W7zscRKkMT
Also, on the same basis, a 15 minute letter “costs” a GP $100 in time. Obviously $33 would cover 5 minutes. A lot of practices will have a policy of when and when not they will pass on this charge. For example, if it arises directly from a consult, often it won’t be on-charged.
GPs don’t get any funding for “out of consultation” paperwork. Historically, lots of practices have worn this but in 2018 the then Minister of Health strongly encouraged us to charge for any and all “additional services” rather than putting funding in to sustain the model we had.
So a second appointment would attract no capitation (nor any time in an extended consultation beyond the first 15 minutes). This explains why a properly calculated extended consultation (30 minutes) should be well more than double the cost of a 15 minute one to the patient.
@SerenaTNZ It still takes time. I don’t want to defend the quality of the document you were provided but in my experience patients don’t realise that we receive no funding for out-of-consultation work. My practice is not to charge for a referral that arises directly out of a consultation.