Face to face with urgent care

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Face to face with urgent care

29 March 2023

Patrice

Dougan

pdougan@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 29 March 2023, 05:00 AM

Having a young child almost guarantees a parent will need urgent and after-hours care [Image: Vitolda Klein on Unsplash]

Deputy editor Patrice Dougan is all too familiar with urgent-care services that are at the centre of debate right now

I waited for four hours with my one-year-old to see an urgent-care doctor for a wrist injury As a mum of two young children, I’m a regular user o

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