New model born of town’s troubles: Upskilling nurses, adding paramedics

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New model born of town’s troubles: Upskilling nurses, adding paramedics

Martin
Johnston
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Coastal Medical specialist GPs Nick Loveridge-Easther and Shaun Butler outside Avon Medical Centre in Stratford [image: supplied]

The national shortage of GPs is biting down hard. Martin Johnston reports on an effort under way in rural Taranaki to stabilise and develop general practice

Coastal Medical’s vision for its new medical centre purchase in the Taranaki town of Stratford, with a population of 9800, is more than a rescue plan., Justin Butcher 0.jpg, Pinnacle Midlands Health Network chief executive Justin Butcher [image: supplied]