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Dr Shane Reti: National health spokesperson confident of getting health system out of political spotlight

Published: Sept. 10, 2023, 7:52 p.m.

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National\'s Health spokesperson Shane Reti says he\'s hopeful of fixing the health portfolio.\\xa0

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The party\'s pledging to bring back targets if elected \\u2013 focusing on shorter ED stays, faster cancer treatment and child immunisation rates.\\xa0

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It also wants shorter wait times for first specialist assessments and surgery.\\xa0

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Reti told Mike Hosking he\'s committed to getting the system to a point where it\'s out of the political spotlight.\\xa0

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He says health has been a bit like education was: one of those suicide portfolios \\u2013 it\'s hard, and been made worse by Covid.\\xa0

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