Clear road ahead...sort of: ‘Aspirational drivel’ lacks timelines for the way forward

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Clear road ahead...sort of: ‘Aspirational drivel’ lacks timelines for the way forward

Stephen

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sforbes@nzdoctor.co.nz

Friday 15 September 2023, 02:38 PM

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The Government indicates that 18 months from now, a new direction for primary care will be clear [Image: themacx on iStock]

GPs keen to see urgent action on workforce and funding can now see a plan, but it’s a plan to do the policy work for a plan – and it has been slated. Changes can still be made in the short term but these will be in the existing funding settings, as Stephen Forbes reports

The Government’s much-anticipated primary care reform plan arrived late last month only to be slated as “aspirational drivel” by GP leader Buzz Burrel

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