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Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

www.nzherald.co.nz Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

Health officials said it was an important step in reducing historical health inequities.

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NZ Herald: "Auckland surgeons are now being required to consider a patient’s ethnicity alongside other factors when deciding who should get an operation first."

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Surgeons in New Zealand must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

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I understand the thinking and idea on pushing this type of a thing, but naming it “Equity Adjustor Score” just screams that the system has been designed by some pencil pusher who doesn’t know the reality of what their proposal. With that being said, if it helps inequality in our medical care for this disaffected people grea.

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