David Seymour: ACT Leader on Te Whatu Ora's medical waitlist tool

Act's slamming the move to consider ethnicity when prioritising people on medical waitlists. Ethnicity is now a factor in a new medical wait list tool Te Whatu Ora has rolled out in Auckland, alongside clinical priority, time already waiting, location, and deprivation level. Act leader David Seymour told Mike Hosking that the Government's actively promoting racial discrimination. He says surgeons have told him it's a major ethical failure, saying they swore an oath to be a good doctor to every patient, and it's wrong for them to do this. The tool was implemented in Auckland in February and is now being rolled out across other northern region districts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.