Between 2015 and 2019 Dr Sarfati was co-head and then head of the University of Otagos Department of Public Health. [4], "Confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 61, bringing total to 708", "Coronavirus: Meet the experts advising the NZ Government on Covid-19", "Caroline McElnay - piloting the pandemic response", "Meet the Irish woman near the top of New Zealand's Covid-19 response", "McElnay: Building the fence at the top of the cliff", "Public health exodus: Chiefs Caroline McElnay, Niki Stefanogiannis join Ashley Bloomfield in departing from Ministry of Health", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caroline_McElnay&oldid=1130840829. From January to October 2021, Joe was the primary carelead for the COVID-19 Vaccination and Immunisation Programme, and in November 2021 he became the clinical lead for COVID Care in the Community. 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 . As lead for Performance Improvement, she was instrumental in delivering new equity approaches within planned care delivery in Auckland. A weekly digest of the latest news and insights on climate change and sustainability. 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. In that regard, and in fairness to the Director-General, ministers need to be thinking about severing the umbilical cord that binds them sooner rather than later, and certainly well before May 2023. The Prime Ministers recent admission that the Director-General attends Cabinet meetings when Covid-19 is being discussed reinforces the worrying reality that the Director-General is now no longer an impartial public servant, but an unelected quasi-minister participating in the Cabinets decision-making in a way that no public servant previously has ever been allowed to do, no matter the crisis at hand, or which party has been in government. Director, Promotion - Kathrine Clarke. Reintegrating him back into the normal role of a normal chief executive will be a delicate task. "I think that is terrible, and it's something we need to do something about.". 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. Clare trained as a graduate nurse at Guys Hospital London, making Aotearoa New Zealandher home in 1986. Key roles and responsibilities: Digital transformation. He was awarded Fellowship of the New Zealand Medical Association in 2011 for services to the profession and the public. ", "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! [12] From 2012 to 2015, he held leading positions across district health boards with Capital & Coast District, Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa. 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. New Zealand Doctor Online is not a consumer medical advice service. These numbers represent the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. Niki Stefanogiannis - Public Health Physician - LinkedIn Audio. 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. She is a partnerships specialist and has a background in law and Pacific development. She also oversaw the development and implementation of new regulatory systems and services including assisted dying, abortion services and medicinal cannabis, and the service design and commissioning of a wide range of nationally provided and contracted community-based services. [4] During her studies in Manchester she completed a one-year exchange in New Zealand, including six months in Napier. see NPHS regional structure under 'Regional leadership' below. Dr Nick Chamberlain, who has been the chief executive of the Northland District Health Board since 2011, will be the national director of the new national public health service from 1 July. Dr Sarfati holds Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Otago. Consequently, in specific Covid-19 emergency response legislation passed last year the Government made it clear that the Health Act provisions would no longer apply and that the powers previously exercised by the Director-General would now be exercised directly by the Minister of Health. Acting Director-General Of Health Appointed | Scoop News 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. The Director-General of New Zealand | Newsroom Find out more about how we operate on the Our Structure page of this website. The giant hole being left by Ashley Bloomfield at the top of the Ministry of Health is getting larger, with two top public health leaders also leaving this week. Dr Nick Chamberlain. [7], McElnay later moved with her husband to Napier in 1995. It inherited the functions of the former Health Promotion Agency including public health and population health policy, strategy, regulatory, intelligence, surveillance, and monitoring. She has been Chief Executive of Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency since May 2020. 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. 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. The Public Health Agency formally came into existence on 1 July 2022. COVID-19 vaccines available in New Zealand, Services and support for you and your child, Setting the direction for our new health system, Release calendar for our Tier 1 statistics. Markerita (Meg) most recently held the role of Chief of Strategy at Te Whatu Ora - Te Toka Tumai Auckland. He led the health response to the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak, co-chaired the Healthy Housing Coalition, provided leadership and expert advice on environmental health issues such as water regulation, and more recently was pivotal to Hawkes Bays COVID-19 response. He returned to the Ministry of Health and took up his current position in 2019. Fionnagh brings a clinical background to her work. Possible Range. ), Interim Pacific Lead Northern Region - Harriet Pauga, Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Waikato Chris Lowry (until new appt. Diana is a public health physician, cancer epidemiologist and health services researcher, and she has a PhD from the University of Otago. Since 11 June 2018, he has been the chief executive of the country's Ministry of Health and the country's Director-General of Health. The director of public health will provide leadership across the Public Health Agency and support for medical staff. [21][22][23] When Bloomfield played for an invitational Centurions side in their 2020 rugby match against the Parliamentary team, children took placards to the game to support him. New Director of Public Health appointed | New Zealand Doctor As part of reforming the health system, the Ministrys role is being refocussed on strategy, policy, regulation and monitoring the outcomes achieved by the system as a whole. Dr Sarfati has been Chief Executive of the Cancer Control Agency since May 2020. Dr Sarfati is currently Chief Executive of Te Aho o Te Kahu, Cancer Control Agency. Acting Director-General of Health appointed - New Zealand Doctor [1] She was the director of public health for the New Zealand Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2022, and chaired the Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group, which advises the Ministry on matters concerning the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. Like all departmental chief executives, the Director-Generals primary responsibility is to the minister, in this case the Minister of Health. 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. He led the health response to the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak, co-chaired the Healthy Housing Coalition, provided leadership and expert advice on environmental health issues such as water regulation, and was part of Hawke's Bay's Covid-19 response. In legal and statutory terms, the phrase have regard to generally means that the minister, must specifically and separately listen to the advice being proffered. New director of public health appointed | RNZ News [12][13] In 1997, he graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Public Health degree, with first-class honours. 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. From 2015 to 2018, Bloomfield was chief executive at Hutt Valley District Health Board. 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. Dr Nick Chamberlain appointed National Director, National Public Health "Dr Jones is very well-respected in the health sector, and he brings considerable experience and knowledge with him.". Sir Ashley Robin Bloomfield KNZM (born March 1966) is a New Zealand public health official. We will miss her greatly," said a ministry email in February, obtained by the Herald, and written by McElnay. Margie's most recent role was as Chief Executive Officer, Counties Manukau Health. Dr Jones is very well-respected in the health sector, and he brings considerable experience and knowledge with him.. 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. The team is supported by leaders across the motu. Andrew is a public health physician and previously held positions as Associate Chief Medical Officer for Waitemat District Health Board (DHB), and as Clinical Director, Health Gain for Auckland and Waitemat DHBs. Her work has been focused on health systems, addressing inequity in health and cancer. Clare previously held the role of Deputy Director General for Health System Improvement and Innovation with a responsibility for a range of regulatory functions that ensure public safety through the regulation of providers, therapeutic products, and services.