Posts by Kyle MacDonald
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“Oregano”
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I was going to go for “majority” but since that’s already been nominated how about
“plurality” seeing no one in NZ knows what it means. -
Great piece Andrea, and I agree more funding isn’t THE answer. But in my experience when the money and resources shrink, sectioning to ‘ensure safety’ becomes a proxy for meaningful engagement. When clinicians have more time and autonomy to form therapeutic relationships, in other words free to do their job, people are kept safe and contained.
When they don’t or can’t do this, an adversarial system flourishes fuelled by clinician burnout and clients feeling alientated, uncared for and dehumanised.
This is where we are now, sadly. -
Speaker: The stark reality: New Zealand…, in reply to Sacha,
Capri has closed. Their clinical practices, especially with addictions and prescribing, were 'questionable'. They aren't a loss IMO.
http://www.metromag.co.nz/metro-archive/capri-clinic-inside-club-detox/ -
Thank you for writing this Amberleigh.
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Speaker: The Shaken Generation, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Couldn't agree more. I worked in the public system for about 12 years and the only waste I saw was the endless restructures, and name changes, forced on us by central government.
Fundamentally this government seems to consider all public servants as lazy and docile, and that crunching everyone to do more for less won't effect outcomes.
Fact is everyone I know who works in health, education and welfare is already doing a lot with next to nothing. (And in some cases nothing).
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Speaker: The Shaken Generation, in reply to Sacha,
In stark opposition to the Herald today, which supports Health cuts on the efficiency argument...
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And in further slashing news, health boards ordered to slash a further $138 million from budgets. How those tax cuts looking now? http://nzh.tw/11590079
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No, I understand she presents the timeline in such a fashion as to minimise her involvement.
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Up Front: Fringe of Darkness, in reply to ,
The new Sensitive Claims system, (which was an outcome of the 2009 fallout, and subsequent ministerial review, of which all professional bodies including psychotherapists helped design) is now fully funded, hence no surcharge payable by the client.