Health and Disability System review fundamentally fails disabled people
Like many people with disabilities or impairments, I spend a lot of my time hanging about in hospital waiting rooms. I’ve...
Government
Budget 2020 Analysis
CCS Disability Action National Senior Policy Analyst Sam Murray breaks down the numbers for Budget 2020 across the portfolios related to...
Disabled People and the Covid-19 Pandemic
We are currently coping with the most serious health crisis in living memory. A crisis that will have a disproportionate impact...
Having a say on health
We often talk about changing disability support services for the better, but how do changes occur? One way CCS Disability Action...
New Zealand’s disability allowances are failing
Policy Coordinator Sam Murray delves into the link between disability and poverty and investigates why New Zealand is so far behind...
Fighting the future
The Government plans to reduce spending on the Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services by $7 million dollars, the largest planned...