He said it this morning in a round of interviews talking about his speech last night, which was all about him slamming the health reforms.
He said the new health system is in a "crisis situation".
Yes, it is in crisis. We can all see that. So why didn’t he say that when he was still in charge of the health system?
He had so many opportunities. In fact, he was on this show on the first of November and we asked him if the health system was in crisis. We asked him repeatedly.
And he did everything to avoid just saying “yes”. He said “oh look, we’ve got a number of crises”. And “debating” whether it’s a crisis “is not really the point” and “inflammatory language doesn’t really help”.
But he wouldn’t say: “Yes, it’s in crisis.”
But that is exactly when he should’ve admitted it, because then he could’ve fixed it.
It’s no good him admitting it now, he’s been sacked from his job. He’s just a civilian like the rest of us.
Him admitting it is a crisis is only slightly more valuable than you admitting it is a crisis, because neither you nor he can fix it from the outside.
You know, most of what he says is true. From what I hear from others involved in the health system and the scrapping of the DHBs, there are people in the system who deliberately tried to slow the reform down to save their own jobs.
Yes, there are too many managers who are rubbish at their jobs and the reform was a half-baked idea.
But he should’ve had the courage to say this stuff before he got the sack, because then the minister would’ve listened to him and we would’ve listened to him.
Unfortunately now, he might be right, but he might also just be bitter. So much fewer people are listening.
Heather du Plessis-Allan is a journalist and commentator who hosts Newstalk ZB's Drive show.
4 comments:
Heather he said nothing back then because he was taking the proverbial Kings Shilling.
The pay was far to good and the gig to easy to pass up.
He had the ultimate all care no responsibility job and he knew it.
He saw the writting on the wall as he went in, took as much money as he could and when he no longer wanted the job dobbed himself in to get the sack.
He is the ultimate Public Servant......all pay and no perfomance. Why do you think this government has a huge public service and still uses working groups and consultants?
"But that is exactly when he should’ve admitted it, because then he could’ve fixed it."
I very much doubt it Heather. Trying to fix a two-tier system prioritised by race is doomed to failure. Campbell finally realised that after happily accepting the job, then bailed.
He supported the original racist concept though and clearly likes Three Waters as well.
Campbell couldn't FIX anything with beliefs like that. He's just another useless Labour flunky who actually had the sense to see that the boat he was in was sinking.
LOL.... come on Heather. Mr Campbell is deeply tribal Labour. No way he criticises his Party when implementing their policy.
But as we all know when Lefties fall out things get nasty.
Campbell thought he was protected, ran his mouth contrary to the terms of his employment and needed to be sacked...
He hasnt taken that well, so in the long tradition of Left turning on their own he is putting the knife in.
The fact he knew it was a cluster fxxx while leading it and didnt call it out at the time is wholly unsurprising. It was what he was paid to do...
What is surprising is you expect any political appointee to call out the problems with his Party's policies....
Yep, we all knew it was doomed to failure from the get go and to do it during a pandemic was inexcusable. Hundreds of millions, if not billions, wasted on a flawed, entirely racist ideology. How anyone, in good conscience, can give a vote for the clowns that promoted this, beggars belief.
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