2 Nov 2020

One-off pandemic funding not enough - academic

From Morning Report, 6:37 am on 2 November 2020

The College of Public Health Medicine says there is little sign that one-off pandemic funding will turn into a permanent fix for degraded public health services.

A diabetes specialist says non-communicable diseases are now getting little attention at all Jim Mann is a Professor of Medicine and Human Nutrition at the University of Otago.

He told Phil Pennington there's been very little action, as successive governments ignored the preventive measures that are needed to treat one of the most important health issues in New Zealand.