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Bearing up: ‘COVID has left its mark’ with more stress and less preventive care
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Bearing up: ‘COVID has left its mark’ with more stress and less preventive care
Tuesday 6 April 2021, 11:32 AM

ProCare clinical director Allan Moffitt is proud of general practice’s response to COVID-19, but says the pandemic has left its mark in more burnout and stress and reduced preventive care
A year on since New Zealand’s first COVID-19 lockdown we are checking back with many of the GPs in our 2020 lockdown Bearing Up series for their views and news. Here, we follow up with ProCare clinical director and The Fono Manurewa GP Allan Moffitt
More stress, more burnout and less preventive care – this is the scoresheet for one primary care leader on the pandemic’s legacy in his sector.
“Co, Allan Moffitt, ProCare clinical director and south Auckland GP Allan Moffitt
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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