Close-knit team cares for isolated Akaroa community

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Close-knit team cares for isolated Akaroa community

Zahra
Shahtahmasebi
Akaroa Health Centre team 1 CR Supplied
Emma Crew (general manager), Maree Getty (school, district and registered nurse), Louise Hutchinson (clinical nurse lead), Martin London (locum GP), Rebecca Barnett (practice nurse), and Kevin Gatty (locum GP) [Image: Supplied]

Providing healthcare to a colourful and diverse community, with secondary services over 90 minutes’ drive away, Akaroa Health finds a good dose of humour helps patients and staff alike, as Zahra Shahtamasebi reports

For Cantabrians living in the Banks Peninsula area, Akaroa Health is the only healthcare provider for at least 70km. And with there being only one way