Where next for primary care in New Zealand?

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Where next for primary care in New Zealand?

By Judith Smith - February 2009
The Beehive 2017

For years, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa has been running commentary articles on the problems faced by primary care as it sits in the shadow of secondary services. I'm browsing through the archives to bring some of those commentaries back to light. This one sees visiting fellow Judith Smith considering what happened with the Primary Health Care Strategy and what the change from a Labour to National Government might hold in 2009. It was published in the 11 February issue 2009 issue - Editor

A change of government and a new year are reasons to pause and reflect on what has gone before, and make resolutions for the next phase. The Primar