Disability advocates skeptical Health and Disability Commissioner report will drive healthcare reform
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Mary Argue
Summary
Disability advocates express no confidence that a new Health and Disability Commissioner report, which identifies long-standing issues for disabled people in New Zealand's health system based on complaints from 2023-2025, will lead to meaningful change. Independent disability advocate Jane Carrigan describes disabled people as "terrified" of going into hospitals, highlighting deep systemic failures that previous reports have also identified without resulting in action.
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bskyDisability advocates skeptical Health and Disability Commissioner report will drive healthcare reformrnz.co.nzKey quotes
· 2 pulledDisability advocates have no hope that a new report - that identifies long-standing issues for disabled people - will lead to change.
Independent disability advocate Jane Carrigan said the report would not improve the lives of the people she worked with, who she said were 'terrified' of going into hospitals.
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