Direct phone line to LabTest pathologists? Have a look at the list of pathologists on their website, and then go to the Medical Council of New Zealand website and check how many of their pathologists are here (and registered).And Dr. Coglin said they haven't paid enough attention to looking outside at their customers! What has Healthscope doing, and are they running a laboratory within their four walls or a clinical laboratory service? The bigger concern is fixing all the problems cost. Who pays for it? Will they guarantee that if they can struggle through now there will be no increase in cost of the service 18 months later when they can ask for a review of prices which the contract allows, and when they are in a monopoly situation?
It used to be that the DHB's were supposed to give priority to 'Kiwi-made' products and services, we should return to this philosophy