DHBs running general practice. Really? You gotta be kidding?

The website was inundated with comment on the “‘Elephants in the room’ outed as general practice fees and ownership models”, nzdoctor.co.nz, 1 February, which covered an editorial suggesting new models are needed for general practice to ensure equity of access for all.

The authors say the paper does not set out to state a definitive view but to ask questions and promote discussion and debate which, judging by the feedback to our article, it has done. Some of that comment is included in Virginia McMillan’s news article on page 6. The following comment was posted by Anna Mickell, who is a regular commenter on pharmacy business for Pharmacy Today: