Health Minister Simeon Brown has replaced the leadership of New Zealand’s medical regulator, saying the Medical Council has become distracted by politics and an “ideological agenda”.
Brown declined to reappoint Medical Council chair Dr Rachelle Love and deputy chair Simon Watt when their terms expired, despite both remaining eligible for reappointment, Andrea Vance of the Post reported.
The Medical Council is responsible for registering doctors, setting professional standards and ensuring practitioners are competent and fit to practise.
Brown said ministerial appointments were ultimately a matter for ministers.
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