Basically this means that if you have something not too serious wrong with you, like a skin infection or a tummy upset, you can go the chemist and they can give you some prescription medicine for it without having to go the doctor.
It’s a good idea, except that it discriminates against non-Māori and non-Pacific aged 14 and over.
This is a system for Māori and Pacific people, for children 14 and under and for those who have Community Service Cards.
This is the new health service in action.
There are also some parts of the country where this service isn’t available to anyone. They include Waikato and Otago.
Apparently those areas don’t have what is known as “persistent system pressure” in primary care and hospital services.
Yet a report three days ago said Dunedin Hospital experienced “extreme overload” more than 30 times last year.
So how Dunedin is not part of this system is beyond comprehension.
But it’s the race aspect of this policy which is the most disgraceful.
The FAQ sheet for the system identifies who can access the service.
Non - Māori and non -Pacific adults are not eligible.
That’s unless they tell the chemist they are Māori or Pacific because, according to the FAQs, the pharmacy does not need to verify a patient’s ethnicity.
Which means anybody could access the service if they had the chutzpah.
In reality, few Pakeha would try that on.
This is out and out discrimination in favour of Māori and Pacific patients.
Don’t us whiteys ever get scabies, dermatitis or diarrhoea?
Peter Williams was a writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines. Peter blogs regularly on Peter’s Substack where this article was sourced.
This is the new health service in action.
There are also some parts of the country where this service isn’t available to anyone. They include Waikato and Otago.
Apparently those areas don’t have what is known as “persistent system pressure” in primary care and hospital services.
Yet a report three days ago said Dunedin Hospital experienced “extreme overload” more than 30 times last year.
So how Dunedin is not part of this system is beyond comprehension.
But it’s the race aspect of this policy which is the most disgraceful.
The FAQ sheet for the system identifies who can access the service.
Non - Māori and non -Pacific adults are not eligible.
That’s unless they tell the chemist they are Māori or Pacific because, according to the FAQs, the pharmacy does not need to verify a patient’s ethnicity.
Which means anybody could access the service if they had the chutzpah.
In reality, few Pakeha would try that on.
This is out and out discrimination in favour of Māori and Pacific patients.
Don’t us whiteys ever get scabies, dermatitis or diarrhoea?
Peter Williams was a writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines. Peter blogs regularly on Peter’s Substack where this article was sourced.
5 comments:
Sorry whitey, we be apartheid here. We are at the tipping point.
Apartheid in action, in New Zealand.
Courtesy of the Labour/Marxist government !!
This blatantly racist policy should be provoking massive protest from the general public..... but is this happening?
I will have no problem telling them I am Maori. Just like I am looking into changing the ethnicity on my health records. Something every Kiwi should do.
No govt. health system or mandarin is going to make me lie about myself to get healthcare. I would rather just pay.
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