Budget fails to fire: General practice leadership flummoxed

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Budget fails to fire: General practice leadership flummoxed

Barbara
Fountain
Sam Murton
Caption: RNZCGP president Sam Murton says GPs’ work in the community seems invisible

The Government touted Budget 2022 as a health Budget and gave Vote Health the biggest increase of all sectors. Line items failed to spell out specific spending, however, and the overall document did not impress most primary care leaders. Barbara Fountain collates responses in the days following the Budget

The fact is, we can’t make structural changes unless we prioritise the healthcare workforce "I think medical care in the community has been forgo