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COVID mandates and dispelling misinformation

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My final blog of the year, and once again I find myself thinking where on earth did this year go? I have jobs on my job list from the end of last yea...

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Heading into 2022

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February 2022 I have just read my last blog of 2021 to see where I might go with this month’s blog. It is quite disheartening that I wrote “let’s hope...

4 February 2022

How to suffer the loses

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November 2021 My final blog of the year, and once again I find myself thinking where on earth did this year go? I have jobs on my job list from the en...

2 November 2021

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COVID and burnout

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September 2021 It was inevitable, but still disappointing to find ourselves amid a Delta outbreak. I would like to acknowledge all in the Auckland reg...

17 September 2021

Assisted dying legislation and implementation underway

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July 2021 In my last blog I focused on the End-of-Life Choice Act and its roll out on 7 November. I really did feel quite in the dark when I wrote th...

Assisted Dying

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May 2021 I find it unbelievable that we are approaching the end of May, where is this year going? I also find it slightly unbelievable that all system...

Mental ill health – how do we better support our colleagues?

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March 2021 I’m looking out over the Pahia coastline writing this blog. I have been at the Cultural and Leadership Hui organised by ANZCA NZNC this wee...

Work-life integration

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November 2020 It’s late one evening as I sit here writing my first NZSA President’s blog. As someone who generally has a lot to say, I am lost for wor...

27 November 2020

COVID: Dose of reality helpful to support NZ’s elimination strategy

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September 2020 In an alternate version of 2020, I am sitting in the sun, drinking a hoppy little Czech beer, and enjoying banter with fellow Anaesthet...

16 September 2020

Need for systemic reform of our health system

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July 2020 The long-awaited Simpson Health and Disability System Review report was released recently, and its goals are commendable; however, understan...