Summary: So we have New Zealand's first mutimodal, in hospital, natural therapy clinic up and running. Yay. One of the big lessons for me in this process was that so many people in "Health" want the Health System to be about healing. Most of us got into Health wanting to help and heal people. A lot of us have burned out or become disillusioned about "The System". But we have so many allies with in the system who want what we want. We can work together to create the health care system we want, that our patients need. It won't happen over night but it will happen. Our clinic is for staff only and is not funded, so we have volunteers working in it and we are asking the recipients for a koha or donation. But it is a start. And it has been wonderful to see the excitement and the light in the staff members eyes. So look for ways that you can make a difference. Get onto those horrible committees and into those management positions so that we can have people who care making the right changes in our health care system. We already have an amazing health care system but we can bring in even more heart and soul into our work - for our patients sake and our own us.
