Jeremy was previously the GM Infrastructure Delivery for Crown Infrastructure Partners, with responsibility for the delivery oversight of $6 billion ofmajor infrastructure programmes receiving NZ Government stimulus funding. 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. This follows the director general of health's surprise resignation that was announced earlier today, with his last day at the end of July. Reintegrating him back into the normal role of a normal chief executive will be a delicate task. Dr Jacobs was previously the WHO Representative to Lao People's Democratic Republic from . [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 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. The ministry is also having farewells this week for. Video / NZ Herald. 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. John is affiliated to Ngti Rkaipaaka, Ngti Kahungunu and Ngti Rongomaiwahine. He was also proud of the efforts to raise uptake among younger Mori, where coverage still lags well behind non-Mori. I specialised as a Public Health Medicine Physician after completing my Masters of Public Health through the University of Otago. He returned to the Ministry of Health and took up his current position in 2019. The Director-General of Health is a pivotal role leading a sector critical to the overall wellbeing of New Zealanders. The departures of Bloomfield, McElnay, and Stefanogiannis raise questions about what impact their vacancies will have in a pandemic that shows no sign of ending, with possible resurgences in cases in coming months, including over winter, and new variants inevitably arriving here. The Ministry of Health is the Government's chief advisor on health matters. He also has extensive experience working for Bay of Plenty DHB including time as the Clinical Director of Innovation and Improvement and as Acting Chief Medical Officer. Every morning, get a snapshot of Newsrooms top 10 stories delivered to your inbox. He said he had been thinking about the right time to leave, but he still had "very mixed feelings because I work with amazing people". [32], Member of the Order of the British Empire, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Auckland's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, "Covid 19 coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield stuns boy, 6, with handwritten response to letter", "Dr Ashley Bloomfield asked burning questions in final AM interview, reveals star sign", "Ashley Bloomfield's rise to the top the inside story", "Covid-19 coronavirus: Inside Dr Ashley Bloomfield's work and family bubble", "Hilary Barry shares photo of teen Ashley Bloomfield performing in 1983 school production of Oklahoma!

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