No one is mourning the end of district health boards, but rebuilding trust in the system won't be easy
- Written by Tim Tenbensel, Associate Professor, Health Policy, University of Auckland
Shutterstock/CeliafotoThis week’s announcement that all district health boards (DHBs) would be abolished and replaced with a centralised health agency took a lot of people by surprise.
Most key health sector interest groups appear to support the proposed agency, provisionally known as Health NZ. But the Labour government has created some...





