A pair of prominent researchers say there's little hope the reforms proposed by the Heather Simpson report will make a difference.
A paper published in the New Zealand Medical Journal this morning notes that there have been more than 50 reforms of the public health service since it was established, and its authors argue that, without fail, all of these have been essentially pointless.
Professor Des Gorman from the University of Auckland is one of the paper's co-authors.
He spoke to Guyon Espiner.
