‘Poster child’ practice closes satellite - workload ‘almost beyond untenable’

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‘Poster child’ practice closes satellite - workload ‘almost beyond untenable’

Waikanae Health at the beach_now closed_creditWaikanaeWatch
Senior Waikanae Health GPs were working up to 80-hour weeks due to staffing shortages that prompted the closure last month of its beach satellite clinic [Image: Waikanae Watch]

‘Poster child’ practice Waikanae Health has gone from thriving to surviving as GP shortages and patient demands take their toll. Specialist GP Herman van Kradenburg speaks to Fiona Cassie about 'untenable' workloads and underfunding of elderly patients and Community Services Card-holder consults

ESSENTIALS Waikanae Health, struggling with a severe GP shortage, has been forced to close its satellite beach clinic and cut back other serv, READ MORE