“We have a plan for the vaccination roll-out its so far going to plan, we have a plan for the health reforms that will entail, among other things, putting in place a highly skilled set of governing members for both Health NZ and the Mori Health Authority as we seek to re-orient the health system,” Little said.
“Professor Gorman has in the past said we need a radical change in our health system, he welcomed the changes when they were announced.
“We have not changed our approach.”
It’s true Dr Gorman has previously said the health system needs a radical change. In a presentation to MPs last year, he blasted the Government for “squandering” New Zealand’s main geographical advantage in the fight against COVID-19. 
Dr Gorman said at the time the pandemic had underlined “significant problems” in the way New Zealand’s health system was structured, governed and operated. He said the 20 DHBs were largely autonomous, telling MPs: “What you’re looking at is the success of provincialism over rationalism.”