#nzpol When 29 miners died at Pike River, New Zealand made a promise. We said, “never again”. We said, “every worker deserves to come home safe”. But now Brooke van Velden is trying to undo that promise.
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... the necessary electrification of our diesel ambulance fleet, and coordination issues with the wider health sector. The present model (a relic of the past) cannot handle these challenges and is no longer fit for purpose. Public ownership is the only answer. For more, check out the report ✊
Read the full "Emergency" report here: www.workersfirst.nz/hawkfile/202...
Today, we’re very excited to launch our new report – “Emergency: Saving New Zealand’s Ambulance Services”. You can read the full report here: tinyurl.com/4edeaa2v
We make the case for why our ambulance services need full government funding now – not more one-off top-ups during an election year – and why public ownership must be the future.
The partially charity-funded ambulance model was never designed for the modern world. And right now, five compounding pressures are pushing it toward breaking point - an ageing population, a massive Trans-Tasman pay gap, a collapse in charitable giving, ...