E150 | Sir Ashley Bloomfield

Show notes | Sir Ashley Bloomfield

0:00 Is the Bloomfield brand as strong as ever?

1:52 Getting hit with the fame sledgehammer at age 54

3:55 The WhatsApp group

09:52 The foundations of Sir Ashley Bloomfield

15:32 Hitchhiking the North Island

20:21 Learning the ropes as a House Surgeon

22:41 From clinical medicine to public health

24:27 Hearing about Covid for the first time

30:31 The power of “I don’t know”

32:28 The 1pm press conference

38:24 Media wars: Hosking v Bloomfield

42:00 Building a skill set to deal with a global pandemic

44:52 The Bloomfield Covid experience away from the spotlight

53:11 Bloomfield on leadership

56:58 Bloomfield’s greatest hits

1:00:43 Life post-Director General Health

1:02:01 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Sir Ashley