There has been a bunch of reporting over the past couple of days on Spot Checks by the Minister of Health in hospital EDs.

See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10665688 for some background.

What do you think of this?

Is it unwarranted snooping? Is it a good thing that the Health minister himself actually makes the effort to do this rather than officials? Are there other ways of keeping the minister abreast of what goes on?

Ian Powell has come out and commented on it
http://msn.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10665757&ref=rss

For those of you working at the coal face, what are your thoughts?

As one of the boffins organizing the MedRecruit Summer Trip in Rotorua I thought I’d provide a bit of a preview of one of the amazing activities we’ll be doing. The Kaituna River draing Lake Rotoiti which in turn drains Lake Rotorua. The Kaituna is a world famous whitewater rafting river that was really only opened up to the sport in the early 1990s.

Why did it take so long for the Kaituna to come to prominence? Well, it’s home to a gi….normous waterfall- indeed the worlds highest commercially rafted waterfall: Tutea Falls

We’ll be organizing a trip down the river with a professionally guided rafting company.

If you’re an experienced white water kayaker (need a solid roll and grade III+ experience) then we may be able to arrange for you to paddle down in a kayak too. There is a fantastic ‘play hole’ at the bottom of the river.

Checkout the Summer of Fun blog post for details on how to sign up for the trip!

We’ve been growing really quickly at MedRecruit and we’ve just shifted into our 3rd new office in as many years. We’ve got HEAPS of space to grow into and the team are all really stoked that we’ve still got great views of the Remarkables*.

Do pop in and visit us if you’re in Queenstown. We’re at

Level 1, Alta House
Terrace Junction
1092 Frankton Road
Queenstown 9300

*If you’re not a Kiwi, the Remarkables are a mountain range, the view of which is rather Remarkable!