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The Epidemic Response Committee is hearing today from those in health and care services about whether they have been well served in the government’s response to Covid-19.
Today, the NZ Medical Association, Aged Care Association, Pharmacy Guild, Disability Support Network and Dental Association will make submissions to the Committee, which assesses the government’s response to the coronavirus.
The ERC is chaired by opposition leader Simon Bridges.
Watch the Epidemic Response Committee meeting here:
Epidemiologist Professor David Skegg will also speak to finish today’s meeting.
Yesterday, general practitioners said the government had backtracked on the funding it had promised them, and was only providing half the $22m it said it would to help with costs related to the virus.
The Auditor-General also announced a review of the government’s management of personal protective equipment (PPE).
The move was welcomed by the E tū and nurses’ unions, who said supplies of PPE had been a problem since the outbreak began, and although DHBs had been active in responding to complaints it was a shame they had to be raised – either directly, or in the media – in the first place.
Source: rnz.co.nz Republished by arrangement.