or just another review
Boosting home and community-based care was meant to be at the core of the 2021 health reforms, especially for older people. What happened? The Government decided it needed (yet) another review.
For most of her career, Jane Kelley has worked on the ‘public’ side of the wary public-private divide that exists in healthcare. She comes from a public service lineage: her dad spent 45 years working for NZ Police, her mum was a theatre nurse.
Kelley herself has spent most of her career working for ACC or the Ministry of Health. In January 2020 she was appointed general manager for public health at the ministry, working directly under Ashley Bloomfield when Covid hit.
Then in November 2022, she went over to the other side, the private sector, being appointed chief executive of NZ Health Group, New Zealand's largest provider of home and community services, nursing, and disability support.
Link to article: Bringing Health Care Closer To Home – Or Just Another Unnecessary Review (newsroom.co.nz)
