Up to $1.36 billion needed for primary care funding boost Te Whatu Ora top official tells Reti

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Up to $1.36 billion needed for primary care funding boost Te Whatu Ora top official tells Reti

Stephen
Forbes
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The primary health sector faces a funding shortfall of $173 million, according to an aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year [Image: Dikushin on iStock]
“To sustain primary care practice and enable the delivery of health targets, further investment of $173 million is required to meet the current costs