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Minister’s reworked electives target for DHBs may be a win for primary care

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Saturday 21 December 2019, 09:00 AM

DHBs no longer have electives targets, with Planned Care replacing them and creating options for general practice

We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 13 January. We hope you enjoy this article which is part of Summer Hiatus, an eclectic mix from our news and clinical archives throughout the year, The Conversation and other publications we share content with. Please note the comment function has been turned off while we are away. Happy reading

Planned Care – what’s that again?, The Ministry of Health now counts all planned care (non-acute) interventions towards DHBs’ annual targets – including interventions that DHBs fund in

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