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Disparity hobbles urgent care: Winter marked by financial fragility, temporary closures, long waits
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Disparity hobbles urgent care: Winter marked by financial fragility, temporary closures, long waits
Wednesday 13 September 2023, 05:00 AM

The 24 Hour Surgery in Christchurch faces indefinite, intermittent closures as nurse pay disparity contributes to staff shortages [Image: Supplied]
Martin Johnston asked urgent and after-hours practice representatives how they are coping this winter. ‘With difficulty’ was the answer, amid pay disparity that is leading nurses to desert
Financial fragility, temporary closures and long patient waiting times have become typical in the urgent care and after-hours sector.
It’s not enti, Lisa Brennan, Pegasus Health general manager of patient and provider services Lisa Brennan says the health reforms have complicated funding of Christchurch’s 24 Hou
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