Extraordinary group of people appointed to lead New Zealand’s future health system.
For HG, it has truly been a great privilege to have worked with the Health and Disability Review Transition Unit, in partnership with Atahaia Consulting, on the first phase of the reform journey. As part of this process, an extraordinary group of people have been…
Are we talking reform, REFORM, REFORM or Healthcare improvement in the Australian Healthcare system?
Of late, ‘Reform’ has become an Executive Tourette-like utterance in the Australian healthcare sector. However, the nature of the reform, the specific goals and benefits, the risks, and how success will be measured is often poorly described or absent. This short article attempts to create…
Meet David Hughes National Manager New Zealand
HG is delighted to announce the appointment of David Hughes, our inaugural National Manager for New Zealand. David is a senior leader who has worked extensively across the public, private and non-profit sectors in New Zealand and the UK. HG’s Chief Executive Paul Ingle said…
TIPS & TRICKS: Video Interviews
At HG, video conference has become an essential way of communicating with all our candidates, clients and internally. Conducting business, be it by Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WebEx Skype, although not new, has become as endemic as the Covid-19 response. With restrictions in place, video conference…
In Conversation With Sarah Brown AM, Chief Executive Officer of Purple House
Purple House is an innovative Indigenous-owned and run health service operating from its base in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Purple House is entirely Indigenous-run and owned with an all-Indigenous Board of Directors. Listen to Sarah Brown AM, Chief Executive Officer at Purple House…
In Conversation With Haylene Grogan
Haylene is a very proud Yalanji and Tagalaka woman with Italian heritage. Haylene has extensive public sector experience (over 37 years) in both health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, having held executive positions in the Queensland, New South Wales (NSW) and Commonwealth Governments….
Royal Recognition of Global and Local Leadership
This month the United Kingdom hosted the G7 Summit in Cornwall as part of its G7 Presidency. The world’s largest democracies were brought together to reach new agreements to help the world fight and build back better from the coronavirus and create a greener more…
A New Zealand Perspective on Aged Care
Carolyn Cooper is Bupa’s Managing Director for Bupa Villages & Aged Care New Zealand. She has experience in the public health system in New Zealand and Australia, as well as in the private health sector and for ACC in New Zealand. Our editorial team spoke…
Time for a Re-Imagined Aged Care System
The Royal Commission into aged care quality and safety has found that ‘the Australian aged care system is ‘unacceptable and unsustainable’. The condition of our aged care system reflects ‘systemic failures’ over several decades with the Royal Commissioners stating that ‘we must all take responsibility…
In Conversation With Anne Skipper AM
Listen to Anne as she discusses Board Chair Learning Sets and why she believes this peer-based format is critical in supporting non-executive directors in a COVID-19 world and beyond. HardyGroup is very excited to launch its inaugural Public Health Board Chair – Learning Sets for…