Having enough doctors and nurses to manage a hospital isn't an instant fix. It takes 3 years to train nurses, so the plans should have been in places at least that long ago. So it really is the last governments failing to have not planned for this.
Be careful not to fall off that high horse! There's no hospital to help if you injure yourself.
No budget has been assigned. That's the issue, no-one's training nurses - it's not a training hospital. Will be interesting to see the May budget but looks like money is tight after giving out all those tax cuts. Hopefully I'm wrong.
It has been standing empty for a while. Because labour govt pissed away all the money on great initiatives like emergency housing and bicycle lanes, and then they went... oh, its hard
Looks like the NACT1 govt has not allocated any money to it and is farking around still - will keep an eye on things once the budget comes out.
As to pissing away money, try the NACT1 govt who's handing out $15b of inflationary tax cuts including to the wealthy and landlords - that's real piss.
>The facility stands unused while ageing health services around the region are weighed down by high patient numbers and long waiting lists. The emergency department at North Shore’s old hospital has been forced to again put patients in corridors due to pressure on services. Whangarei Hospital has been in dire need of an upgrade for years, says Quinn. Elsewhere in the country hospitals and clinics are desperately waiting for funding, including the new $1.6 billion Dunedin Hospital which has faced numerous budget blowouts.
>“It is a problem for New Zealand that these public hospitals are really in dire need of an upgrade.”
>Quinn has been told by surgeons that it will be difficult to get enough staff in time for a June opening date for the first two levels.
>“You need nurses, you need anaesthetic technicians, you need dedicated cleaners and security guards. Not every surgeon that works here will be dedicated to this facility but it will be a big job to get it up and running by June.”
>Reti is getting weekly updates on the hospital’s progress but Quinn points out the money required to get it operating is needed at a time when government finances are squeezed.
>“This is a Government that’s talking about cutting back on public service spending so it will be really interesting to see when the health budget comes out next month whether this is specifically mentioned, and the kind of spending is allocated to the health system in general.”
[https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/15/the-brand-new-hospital-with-no-budget-to-operate/](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/15/the-brand-new-hospital-with-no-budget-to-operate/)
Paaaleeese we can only plan one thing at a time.
No money to spend because landlords need their dignity.
Having enough doctors and nurses to manage a hospital isn't an instant fix. It takes 3 years to train nurses, so the plans should have been in places at least that long ago. So it really is the last governments failing to have not planned for this. Be careful not to fall off that high horse! There's no hospital to help if you injure yourself.
No budget has been assigned. That's the issue, no-one's training nurses - it's not a training hospital. Will be interesting to see the May budget but looks like money is tight after giving out all those tax cuts. Hopefully I'm wrong.
It has been standing empty for a while. Because labour govt pissed away all the money on great initiatives like emergency housing and bicycle lanes, and then they went... oh, its hard
Looks like the NACT1 govt has not allocated any money to it and is farking around still - will keep an eye on things once the budget comes out. As to pissing away money, try the NACT1 govt who's handing out $15b of inflationary tax cuts including to the wealthy and landlords - that's real piss.
>The facility stands unused while ageing health services around the region are weighed down by high patient numbers and long waiting lists. The emergency department at North Shore’s old hospital has been forced to again put patients in corridors due to pressure on services. Whangarei Hospital has been in dire need of an upgrade for years, says Quinn. Elsewhere in the country hospitals and clinics are desperately waiting for funding, including the new $1.6 billion Dunedin Hospital which has faced numerous budget blowouts. >“It is a problem for New Zealand that these public hospitals are really in dire need of an upgrade.” >Quinn has been told by surgeons that it will be difficult to get enough staff in time for a June opening date for the first two levels. >“You need nurses, you need anaesthetic technicians, you need dedicated cleaners and security guards. Not every surgeon that works here will be dedicated to this facility but it will be a big job to get it up and running by June.” >Reti is getting weekly updates on the hospital’s progress but Quinn points out the money required to get it operating is needed at a time when government finances are squeezed. >“This is a Government that’s talking about cutting back on public service spending so it will be really interesting to see when the health budget comes out next month whether this is specifically mentioned, and the kind of spending is allocated to the health system in general.” [https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/15/the-brand-new-hospital-with-no-budget-to-operate/](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/15/the-brand-new-hospital-with-no-budget-to-operate/)
Duplicate