Needs remain despite successes: Time to acknowledge rural achievements, but advocacy continues

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Needs remain despite successes: Time to acknowledge rural achievements, but advocacy continues

Fiona Bolden

Tuesday 28 November 2023, 02:13 PM

Rural NZ CR Werner Sevenster on Unsplash

Nineteen per cent of the population lives rurally, but there is only a tiny rural health workforce to provide care [Image: Werner Sevenster on Unsplash]

Fiona Bolden reflects on gains over the last year, and calls for urgent action on the rural health workforce and accessibility issues for healthcare

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