Cecilia Robinson
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How New Zealand can build a world-leading health system (opens the original)
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For too long, the conversation about New Zealand’s health system has been relentlessly negative. We hear about the pressure, the shortages, the waiting lists, the hospitals under strain and the difficulty getting in to see a GP. Those things are real. But I also think we have become too comfortable talking about health as though the problems are simply too big to solve. New Zealand is a country of just over five million people. Overall, we invest significantly in health. We have exceptional clin
From tobacco to social media: Why regulation has to start somewhere (opens the original)
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A little over a week ago, the Prime Minister announced legislation that would restrict social media accounts for children under 16 and put much greater responsibility on technology companies to protect young people online. Unsurprisingly, I support it. I don’t think the legislation will be perfect, I don’t think every child will suddenly disappear from social media and I don’t think an age restriction on its own will solve the broader challenge we have created around technology and childhood. Bu
Why medicines matter more than free GP visits (opens the original)
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From left: Act MP Todd Stephenson, Pharmac Minister David Seymour and Health Minister Simeon Brown announce a new drug treatment is funded. Photo / Adam Pearse There is no shortage of disagreement about health policy. But some of the most promising reforms are not particularly ideological at all. They are practical changes that start with a simple question: what will deliver better healthcare outcomes? The Government’s recent changes to endometriosis diagnosis are a good example. For too long, w
Look beyond the party leaders: the bench matters more than we think (opens the original)
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Beyond the big names: Parliament needs people who know how to deliver, says Cecilia Robinson. Photo / Mark Mitchell There is a disproportionate amount of focus during an election campaign on party leaders. We analyse every speech, debate performance, announcement and mistake. We ask who looks the most prime ministerial, who has momentum and who has won or lost the political week. That scrutiny matters. Leadership matters enormously. But a government is not one person. If I were better at sport,
'Come in. We’d like to show you how this works': The Swedish idea NZ needs (opens the original)
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Giving teenagers work experience could help more of them get their first job. Photo / Getty Images Travelling through Sweden over the past week, one thing has struck me more than anything else. It’s not the beautiful coastline, the forests or the long summer evenings when the sun barely sets. It’s the number of young people working. Whether we’ve stopped for coffee in a tiny fishing village, visited a museum, checked into a hotel, wandered through a supermarket or sat down for dinner, we’ve been
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