Dr Sarfati will start on 30 July 2022, when the incumbent Dr Ashley Bloomfield leaves the role. Salary: NZ$69,671 Allied Health Avg. Dr Jones has worked for Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Mui, Hawke's Bay (Hawke's Bay. This article, written by David Codyre, Ainsleigh Cribb-Sua and David Todd, outlines progress in rollout, challenges faced and what is being learnt, Health priorities of older adults often include longevity, however health outcomes such as quality of life and independence are often considered to be as important or more important than a long life. Dr Sarfati has been Chief Executive of the Cancer Control Agency since May 2020. From September to November 2019, she was the National Director of Cancer Control at the Ministry of Health. Maree has had a wide range of experience in the public service, primarily in social sector policy relating to children, young people, families and communities. Dr Sarfati has a PhD from the University of Otago, is a NZ College of Public Health Medicine Fellow and until 2008 was a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. He then moved to the Downer Group, where as a GM, Jeremy ran Downers water sector business. He is passionate about the health reforms and the unique opportunity offered for all involved to reshape the system to better meet New Zealanders needs. The longer it goes on, the more difficult it will be to return to a more normal situation. [3][4][5] His mother was a schoolteacher, while his father was a lieutenant colonel in the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force) and a manager at Mitsubishi Motors in Porirua, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1974 New Year Honours. ), Interim Pacific Lead Northern Region - Harriet Pauga, Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Waikato Chris Lowry (until new appt. The Commission is running a recruitment process for the permanent Director-General of Health role and will advertise shortly. Abbe Anderson brings diverse experience across hospital and primary care, including two decades leading complex system reforms. She is a Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine and is registered with the New Zealand Medical Council. Rather, as the current problems with border control, managed isolation, economic re-integration, and policing demonstrate all too bleakly, it required a whole of government approach that the Director-General of Health and the ministry were never going to be capable of providing. Andrew received his medical and public health degrees from the University of Auckland and is a Fellow of both the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine. [9][3][12] Since he started as the ministry's Chief Executive he has attended a leadership programme at Sad Business School at the University of Oxford. As Deputy Director General, Dean and his teams are working with colleagues across the health system to ensure evidence, research and innovation are embedded in the way we collectively deliver our work. Dr Nicholas Jones has worked in public health for more than 30 years Dr Nick Chamberlain has been appointed Health New Zealand's national director of the new National Public Health Service. Labour haslargely kept silent on its own views on when and how to move New Zealand to a new phase in dealing with Covid-19, relying expressly on officials and the science. The estimated total pay for a Director of Public Health is $96,248 per year in the United States area, with an average salary of $78,374 per year. She managed large government programmes such as the White Paper for Vulnerable Children and the development of the Vulnerable Children Act. Nicola Hill will act as Chief Executive of the Cancer Control Agency while Dr Sarfati is acting Director-General of Health. She was Director of the Cancer and Chronic Disease Research Group at University of Otago. The country's 12 public health units had no way of sharing details with each other at the start of the pandemic unless officials made phone calls to each other. As the chief steward for the health system, the Ministry will continue to set the strategic direction for health and will be responsible for developing national policy, regulation and monitoring. Abbe brings considerable experience in a diverse range of hospital and primary care systems, including two decades leading complex system reforms. She has worked at University of Otago Department of Public Health since 2004 and was Associate Professor and Professor there from 2013. [29], In late July 2022, Bloomfield ordered 14 territorial authorities including the Auckland Council, Hastings District Council, New Plymouth District Council, Rotorua Lakes District Council, Tauranga City Council, Waitaki District Council, Far North District Council, and the Whangarei District Council to add fluoride to their water supplies. The role of director of public health was previously held by Dr Caroline McElnay, who resigned in April. Hitting "such high vaccination rates" had been a particular highlight, he said, including the high uptake for Mori and Pasifika aged 65 and older. His previous roles include: Chief Executive Officer of . You'll find details of our wider leadership team below. Implementation of the Integrated Primary Mental Health and Addiction programme across metro Auckland is well under way. She is a respected and skilled senior leader with a public sector, clinical and academic background. [3], Bloomfield completed several years of clinical work and from 1996[10] specialised in public health medicine,[11] concentrating on non-communicable diseases. As the first Medicare Local in Australia, she oversaw the team that developed the initial commissioning principles and frameworks that later formed the basis for many of the Australian Government Department of Health's national commissioning policies that now guide the work of the Primary Health Networks across 31 regions of Australia. Jacinda Ardern says a change in Covid-19 traffic light settings would not make a significant difference on surging case numbers. A new Director of Public Health has been appointed and will join Manat Hauora on 15 August, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. Bard Billot on the twice-sacked goneburger Rob Campbell. Avg. He joined Manat Hauora from the Bay of Plenty DHB where he was Executive of Director Allied Health, Scientific and Technical. She was also joint Associate Director of Nursing: Mori at Auckland District Health Board and the University of Auckland for four years. Martinhas a doctoral degree from AUT examining health workforce change. Given the governments constant and frequently stated position that its Covid-19 response has always followed the public health advice, the legal niceties of the Covid-19 emergency legislation notwithstanding, the reality has been that the Director-Generals advice has normally prevailed. [3][4][6], Bloomfield grew up in Tawa, a suburb of Wellington, and was educated at Scots College, where he was head prefect,[3] dux, played 1st XV rugby[7] and was a member of the cast of the college's production of Oklahoma! DESIGNED AND POWERED BY PAGEMASTERS PUBLISH. If, as the Covid-19 emergency legislation suggests, the Government was keen to emphasise the traditional relationship between Cabinet and public servants, it would have been more logical, not to mention more in line with the Health Act, to give more prominence to the Director of Public Health, as the statutorily responsible public official. Prior to this, Robyn worked for the Health Research Council and in the Ministry of Health in workforce development, policy and leading the Mental Health Group. (2014). Diana is a public health physician, cancer epidemiologist and health services researcher, and she has a PhD from the University of Otago. Without limiting section 3B, the Director of Public Health may from time to time, . ", "Covid 19 coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield apologises to MPs for giving wrong information on infected UN staffer", "Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield to step down from role", "Dr Ashley Bloomfield orders 14 councils' water supplies to be fluoridated", "Ashley Bloomfield appointed University of Auckland professor", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ashley_Bloomfield&oldid=1132654386, This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 22:39. In 2018, he was acknowledged in parliament for his work in successfully negotiating a $100 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement for Ng Iwi me Ng Hap o Te Rohe o Te Wairoa this was the culmination of over 30 years work. Director of Public Health Ministry of Health New Zealand Mar 2017 - Apr 20225 years 2 months New Zealand Director of Population Health Hawke's Bay District Health Board 1995 - Apr. Keep up with the play with LockerRooms weekly newsletter dedicated to shining a light on NZ women in sport, curated by Suzanne McFadden. The fact that there has been no official rejection of his comment suggests it is in fact government policy, so he was either making public something that had already been decided but not yet announced, or, worse, that he was telling the nation and the government at the same time what he expected to be the case. Interestingly, the statutory responsibility for personal health matters relating to public health; and regulatory matters relating to public health, such as pandemic response, lies with the Director of Public Health, not the Director-General. Jeremy Holman joined Te Whatu Ora on 5 December 2022. Bloomfield was born in Napier[1] in March 1966,[2] one of three children of Allan Olaf Bloomfield and Myreine Alice Bloomfield (ne Osborne). Dr Sarfati will act in the role until a permanent appointee takes up the Director-General position. New Zealand Doctor Online is intended for a New Zealand health professional readership. Over her career, Maree has had a variety of roles including as a Private Secretary, managing employment and skills policy in the Department of Labour, and working for the Ministry of Education in Christchurch following the earthquakes. Peter Dunne was the leader of United Future and served as a minister in former National and Labour governments. COMMENTS BY Jim Dowsett, Allan Vester, John Maindonald, Nick Duff & others, The Government has come to rely on the Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, in a way unprecedented in the NZ public service, writes Peter Dunne. She comes from a clinical background, beginning her experience with nursing and has worked in frontline mental health services and leadership roles in District Health Boards. More recently he has been part of the DHB Executive Leadership Team as Health Improvement and Equity Clinical Director. His entire life had been dedicated to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders . Specializing in Health Promotion, and Public health project designing, service delivery and leadership. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield in the Beehive theatrette. Fionnagh brings significant experience in large-scale integration of health services and has led the development of single health services in Queensland, Australia and the greater Wellington region, creating high performing teams and leading sustainable transformation in partnership with clinicians, consumers and whnau. Fionnagh is a Member of the Health Roundtable and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Like or hate Sir John Keys suggested solutions for NZs Covid recovery, in one intervention the former Prime Minister has forced the Government and country to confront finding a way out of a drawbridge and lockdown mentality. Earlier today Bloomfield said he had received positive feedback from the public, and while there were some vitriolic responses, much worse had been directed at female colleagues - though he didn't name anyone. Dr Bramley has held a number of senior roles across the health system over the years, including being a member of the national health committee, national ethics committee and most recently a member of the ministerial review committee for continuous improvement for the COVID-19 response. Joe is an experienced clinical and people leader with a passion for being the bridge between policy and strategy, healthcare operations, and clinical standards to deliver tangibly better outcomes across Aotearoa. As our journalists work to ask the hard questions about our recovery, we also look to you, our readers for support. This follows the director general of health's surprise resignation that was announced earlier today, with his last day at the end of July. John originally joined the Ministry of Health in 1993, as a foundation member of the then newly established Mori Health Directorate, Te Kete Hauora. Burnout is thought to have played a major role in their decisions to leave, and it's a factor that is being felt across the whole health sector, along with Covid-fatigue. I specialised as a Public Health Medicine Physician after completing my Masters of Public Health through the University of Otago. She is very aware of the mandated responsibilities of being entrusted with such significant funding, while being equally mindful of how we use that financial investment to improve equity of health outcomes across Aotearoa New Zealand. Uncertainty about upcoming health sector reforms may also have been a factor, with the ministry being moved into a strategy and monitoring role while Health NZ will run the health system. The new agency will also advise the Director-General of Health on theses issues. He was appointed in this position in August 2021. But the Health Act 1956 also provides that so long as the Director-General is a qualified medical practitioner, he or she can exercise the same powers in an emergency as a local Medical Officer of Health, but on a national basis. to ensure the health system delivers for all New Zealanders, with a focus on achieving more equitable outcomes for Mori. [12][13] In 1997, he graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Public Health degree, with first-class honours. Sarah joined Manat Hauora in early 2019 from the Ministry of Justice, where she spent eight years in group management and deputy secretary roles, with her work including service design and improvement, service commissioning, and implementing legislative change. In many ways, the unhealthy relationship between ministers and the Director-General undermines the usual separation between ministers and officials and, by extension, the impartiality of the public service. [2], McElnay was appointed to the role of director of public health at the Ministry of Health in 2016. Dr Ashley Bloomfield is stepping down as Director-General of Health. He was appointed to the role of Clinical Informatics Director for Te Toka Tumai in 2020, and Interim Chief Digital Officer in 2022. No longer does he appear as the impartial adviser offering considered, detached professional advice to the Government, but rather more as the explainer, amplifier, and defender of the Government decisions, in a manner that not even many ministers demonstrate. Dean has led the analytics function across the Ministry, focussing on growing capability and standardising the way in which analytics and analysis are created and used. [10], From late 2010 to late 2011, based at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Bloomfield worked on non-communicable disease prevention and control with a global focus. [10], Colleagues describe Bloomfield as "measured, methodical, calm and sensible". Dr Sarfati is a public health physician, cancer epidemiologist and health services researcher with a world-leading reputation in cancer control strategy and research. Dean has spent more than 25 years working in a range of roles across the public sector, with a focus on data, reporting and analytics. In this role she made a significant contribution to Mori and other high-needs populations wellbeing in the communities this organisation supports. These local authorities have between six months and three years depending on the circumstances to ensure that their water supplies are fluoridated. This would have allowed the Director-General to focus more specifically on the primary responsibilities of the role as chief executive of the Ministry of Health, including the medium and long-term sustainability of the public health system. "Along with many others in the health sector she has worked tirelessly, sacrificing many nights, weekends and weeks away from family to ensure that throughout our response, there has been strong, clear public health advice which has kept us all safe.". With the Government having decided in the middle of the pandemic to completely upend the organisation of the public health system over the next two to three years, and the current mounting crisis regarding the availability of intensive care beds, it would not be unreasonable to expect the Director-General to be at the centre of all those issues, but there currently seems to be a vacuum of official leadership or even interest in these matters. In other words, it would generally be expected that the Director-Generals advice would be accepted by the minister. [12] From 2012 to 2015, he held leading positions across district health boards with Capital & Coast District, Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa. That would have meant many of the problems now so obvious could have been identified at the outset, and either mitigated or avoided completely, by people who knew something about them, rather than relying on health officials, with no relevant experience, no matter how personally dedicated they might be, to try to sort out. Sarahs current responsibilities include the operating model for the Ministry in the new system and the organisational design required to support it. A new Director of Public Health has been appointed and will join Manat Hauora on 15 August, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. He was awarded Fellowship of the New Zealand Medical Association in 2011 for services to the profession and the public. She studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast and then public health at the University of Manchester. Perhaps in part due to the relative effectiveness of the COVID-19 measures taken by the New Zealand Government, Bloomfield has developed a cult following. Dr Nicholas Jones, who is currently Clinical Director and Medical Officer of Health at Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Mui, Hawke's Bay, will take up the role based in the Public Health Agency. There may be those who would say that the exigencies of the Covid-19 response have been such that it is pedantic and unrealistic to expect normal conventions to apply during such a time, when the focus should be on getting things done, rather than how they are done. Sarahs management career has included policy, service delivery and operations, as well as leading and embedding organisational change. How will the position be transitioned back to the more standard role of a department chief executive, like every other chief executive? But it was also a very different role to the one he came into four years ago, and the timing was good for someone new to come in, Bloomfield said. Rosalie is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. [28], In early April 2022, Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes announced that Bloomfield would step down as Director-General of Health on 29 July 2022. Reintegrating him back into the normal role of a normal chief executive will be a delicate task. He joined Manat Hauora in 2019 in the role of GM of Health and Disability Intelligence where he led the analytics and health surveys teams, as well as a growing the health research function. She is a voluntary Chair of World Vision New Zealand. [24][25][26], In November 2020, Bloomfield was named one of the best-dressed men on David Hartnell's best-dressed list. As the Acting Director-General, Dr Sarfati has focused on implementing and embedding the health system reforms. Outside her financial career path, she has also taken a keen interest in sustainable development and business practices. Video / NZ Herald. Photo / Michael Cunningham. Dr Diana Sarfati, Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health. She is currently a commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Health Systems and Cancer, a member of the International Advisory Committee to Lancet Oncology, a member of the Board of the International Cancer Benchmarking Programme (ICBP), and a member of the Advisory Committee to the International Agency for Research on Cancers (IARC) Pacific cancer hub. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield revealed that the new director of public health would be Dr Nicholas Jones. Currently focusing in holistic Health and Population health promotion and prevention projects and models. Director, Intelligence - Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith. Audio. She initially trained as a registered general nurse followed by qualification as a mental health and addiction professional. Bloomfield will be in his role for the first stages of the new health system, with the establishment of Health NZ and the Mori Health Authority from July 1, replacing the country's 20 district . Bloomfield chose the nickname "The Eliminator" for the match, in which he opened the scoring with the first try. Read more about Infrastructure and Investment. Post comments with a Newsroom Pro subscription. How does the Director-General step down from the quasi-ministerial current situation he will have been allowed to enjoy for nearly three years to the more routine one, sitting outside with every other chief executive waiting for the Cabinets decisions on matters affecting their portfolios, rather than sitting inside the room actively participating anymore? Joe has worked in Te Puke since 2003 and is a practising GP, working in an inter-disciplinary team at Poutiri Wellness Centre, a kaupapa Moripractice. Possible Range. Consumers should seek advice from a health professional and not act in reliance on any statement contained in the information provided. Over her career, she has led teams and business units ranging in size from nine to 900 people. [30], Bloomfield is to become the first professor of a new Public Policy Impact Institute at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. [2], McElnay, one of seven children, grew up on a farm in Bushmills, Northern Ireland. It inherited the functions of the former Health Promotion Agency including public health and population health policy, strategy, regulatory, intelligence, surveillance, and monitoring. Prior to that he held a similar role at Counties Manukau DHB for six years. The Covid-19 emergency legislation was due to expire next May after two years, but the Government has recently introduced legislation to extend it for a further year. She has worked hard to ensure a collaborative effort across the public health system and in particular, she has supported our public health units to achieve new ways of working at a systems level.". Caroline Ann McElnay QSO (/mk.lne/) is a medical officer in New Zealand. Although based in the Public Health Agency, Dr Jones will also provide public health leadership to the National Public Health Service, the incoming Deputy Director-General for the Public Health Agency, Dr Andrew Old says. ", "Bird flu campaign to target 1.4m households", "Dr Ashley Bloomfield: Director-General of Health and Chief Executive", "The extremely competent, somewhat boring civil servant who has New Zealanders' hearts aflutter", "Geoffrey Palmer: Hallelujah! This was a major policy announcement that, if it is in fact government policy, should have come from either the Prime Minister or the Minister of Health, not a public servant. Margie's most recent role was as Chief Executive Officer, Counties Manukau Health. These tensions created now will not be easily papered over. The Governments first focus throughout the pandemic has been political choreography, not the public health response, writes Peter Dunne. Through this pathway, she progressed to complete the NHS Management Development Programme and longer term has led large and complex health services in Aotearoa New Zealand and Queensland. "It has been an incredibly busy two years and Niki is one of the heroes of our Covid response.". He was the public-facing health specialist liaising with the media during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand on behalf of the government, from the first press conference on 27 January 2020. She has been Chief Executive of Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency since May 2020. Nicola Hill will act as Chief Executive of the Cancer Control Agency while Dr Sarfati is acting Director-General of Health. In a career which also includes banking and insurance, Rosalies most recent roles prior to joining us as CFO have included serving as chief financial officer for Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley, and Auckland and Waitemat. Find out more about how we operate on the Our Structure page of this website. The ministry said in a statement that a process was underway to recruit a new Director of Public Health, but Dr Jim Miller, from Toi te Ora Public Health, Bay of Plenty DHB, would be the acting director from April 11. Diana is a former member of the National Cancer Programme Leadership Board, the National Screening Advisory Group, the National Ethics Advisory Committee, the Bowel Cancer Taskforce and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Advisory Committee. The Ministry of Health is the Government's chief advisor on health matters. You can capture your thoughts, and the time to Read, Watch, Listen or Delve, against your account but first you'll need to be logged in. [3] She has three children. Photo: RNZ / Anusha Bradley. Photo: Pool/Robert Kitchin, Stuff. The ministry is also having farewells this week for. Photo: Supplied. A weekly digest of the latest news and insights on climate change and sustainability. Lorraine started her career as a registered nurse and then progressed into roles as a Nursing Leader and Nursing Director accountable for strategy, workforce planning, policy and primary healthcare delivery. Reader donations are critical to what we do. [8], Bloomfield graduated Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Auckland in 1990. He will bring a strong focus on partnership with Te Aka Whai Ora Mori Health Authority, Manat Hauora Ministry of Health, and our other health sector stakeholders. He has held DHB lead Chief Executive roles in Primary Care and Public Health. Relocating to New Zealand in 2009, Jeremy started with GHD as an infrastructure strategy consultant. Director-General of Health appointed 30 November 2022 The Deputy Public Service Commissioner has today announced the appointment of Dr Diana Sarfati as Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health. However, it was never intended to deal with more long-term situations like the pandemic, and questions quickly arose as to the legality of relying on the Health Act provisions to give the authority to the Director-General that the Government wanted. Ms Quilter said Dr Sarfati brings the skills and experience required to lead the Ministry of Health, and to contribute to the strategic leadership of the wider health system. This includes roles at the Ministry of Health (Deputy Director-General of Health), Counties Manukau District Health Board, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Labour Market Policy Group (Department of Labour) and Health Funding Authority.