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Eighty per cent of GPs still love the job: Survey reveals how general practice fared in 2023
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Eighty per cent of GPs still love the job: Survey reveals how general practice fared in 2023
Wednesday 13 December 2023, 03:00 AM

What does the New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa summer survey reveal about the state of general practice? [Image: Lukas Blazek on Unsplash]
The results are in. The Big 23 Sizzling Summer Survey, a wrap-it-all-up, year-end evaluation covering 23 hot topics, was sent to subscribers of Daily Triage. Running from 22 November through the formation of the new Coalition Government to 4 December, it drew 96 responses. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan discovers what the answers reveal about how general practice has fared in 2023
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