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Ministry extends funding for pandemic locum scheme

Zahra

Shahtahmasebi

zshahtahmasebi@nzdoctor.co.nz

Thursday 19 August 2021, 04:00 PM

PERLs team at the NZ PHA

The Ministry of Health has agreed to extend the contract for the Pandemic Emergency Roving Locums service for another six months

Lockdown has seen the Ministry of Health reverse its decision not to renew funding for the popular rural locum service set up last year to support to

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