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A few words from…Richard Lowe
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A few words from…Richard Lowe
Thursday 20 June 2024, 03:52 PM

Specialist GP Richard Lowe has an eclectic selection for his ideal dinner party guests including RNZCGP president Sam Murton [Image: NZD]
Auckland specialist GP Richard Lowe is part-owner of Mt Roskill’s GP Central. Last year, the 32-year-old Mt Eden resident helped form the Young GP Owners Alliance. Dr Lowe says he designed the group, which has now been renamed Emerging GP Owners Alliance, to strengthen clinician ownership for a new generation of GPs, provide a forum for exchanging innovative ideas, and encourage and support other doctors
The best thing about our practice is that we have a wonderfully multicultural patient population with a broad socioeconomic mix. Everyone in our team
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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