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Mar 23, 2008
Baygate: Clear As Mud
Fran O'Sullivan reviews that state of play on the Hawkes Bay DHB scandal now that the review report has been issued. The Hive still has a number of questions on this report - for example, why did Healthcare NZ seem to get an extra consultation from the reveiw team? Is is simply the result of a better understanding of how the system works - a benefit of having someone like Ken Douglas on your board? Clearly Hawkes Bay DHB was a mess, but is it a worse mess than other DHBs? Is it normal for DHBs to be so populated with people who derive benefit from DHB contracts? Why was Hausmann appointed to the DHB in the first place?