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Health Minister Simeon Brown has said the Medical Council has become "increasingly distracted by politics".
The Minister of Health says he has declined to re-appoint the existing Medical Council chairperson Dr Rachelle Love and deputy chairperson Simon Watt when their terms expired, despite both remaining eligible for reappointment.
The Medical Council oversaw the registration of doctors in New Zealand, and set the standards for their medical practice.
A spokesperson for Simeon Brown said the Medical Council had become increasingly distracted by politics instead of focusing on its core responsibilities of improving patient outcomes and ensuring New Zealanders can get the care they need, when they need it.
