Today's Political Roundup - From Health to Self-Certification Risks
The focus on budgets is "going to cripple the health system".
1. Cardiac specialist quits, saying Dr Lester Levy, the Part Time Health Commissioner, is "living in La La Land" and has no idea what's happening on the ground
Dr Boddington, an electrical cardiologist, was the only person who did certain procedures for heart arrhythmia patients in the Bay of Plenty, and he also had general cardiology duties.
Boddington .. said the final straw for him was specialists being told they would have to fill in for junior doctors in the emergency department, on top of their other work…
A colleague from the cardiology department has also recently retired, and despite also giving significant warning, neither has been replaced.
He said the person found to replace him couldn't start until September 2025…
High priority patients were waiting up to 6 months to be seen and low priority patients "I'm not sure you're gonna get seen at all," Boddington said.
Health Commissioner Lester Levy was "li…