A month is clearly a very long time in Politics.

I've blogged this little gem before. Thousands more receive surgery commitments

I particularly like this paragraph.

"This government has been progressively reforming elective services to create a fairer and more transparent system for patients and their families," Pete Hodgson said. "The days where patients are left with no guarantee of treatment are gradually coming to an end.

But what is now interesting about this is that since late March when this was published praising the DHB's for giving so many new commitments, by late April the story has changed some what already.

MidCentral Health also has waiting list problems

"Unfortunately, we have built up expectations beyond our ability to deliver, so while we have seen more people, we still need to return lower-priority referrals to GP care."