Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
COVID money masked practice losses: What was the ‘huge’ amount of funding paid to general practices?
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COVID money masked practice losses: What was the ‘huge’ amount of funding paid to general practices?
Wednesday 27 September 2023, 11:00 AM

GenPro chair Angus Chambers says COVID-19 funding obscured general practice’s growing financial unsustainability [Image: NZD]
Using the Official Information Act, Fiona Cassie discovers the Government’s three-year spend on COVID-19 general practice services was $900 million. A ‘huge amount’, or instead ‘papering over the cracks of unsustainable general practice’?
COVID-19 funding in the peak pandemic years masked the fact general practice funding is inadequate, says General Practice Owners Association chair Ang
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