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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Matthew Kelly

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Times have changed for health managers | History Defined

Professor Jennifer Martin is a clinical pharmacologist at the University of Newcastle who has previously trained many young doctors and specialists. Picture by Marina Neil.

Executive health managers needed to be less obsessed with balancing the books and more focused on providing the best quality of care possible, a senior clinician believes.

Many of those who were critical of Hunter New England Health chief executive Michael DiRienzo, who resigned this week, argued that he prioritised positive financial outcomes at the expense of deteriorating standards of clinical care.

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