Threats, opportunities and four big PHOs

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Threats, opportunities and four big PHOs

Vanessa Weenink NZMA deputy chair

Vanessa Weenink

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The elements of an efficient health system are all present, but they need to be connected and made widely available [ismagilov on iStock]

NZMA GP COUNCIL

Whatever new organisations arise from the health reforms, writes Vanessa Weenink, people will still be there, making decisions shaped by who they listen to and by their experiences

What is the point of PHOs? I was reminded once that I had been quoted as calling my PHO a “self-licking ice cream”. I became a director of the same PH