Never look back: Waimate GP gives her all for community

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Never look back: Waimate GP gives her all for community

Zahra
Shahtahmasebi
Waimate Medical Centre
L to R: Alyse Schumacher (registered nurse), Suzie Caird (receptionist), Echo (therapy hound), Sarah Creegan (specialist GP and practice owner), Julie Rogers (receptionist), Nicola Barltrop (nurse manager), Kirsten Edh (practice manager) [Image: Supplied]

From solo GP duties to community care and flexible working practices, Sarah Creegan’s life is about balancing the challenges of rural medicine with love for her patients and her town. Zahra Shahtahmasebi reports

When Sarah Creegan’s adult children asked her why she moved their family nearly 1500km from Great Barrier Island to Waimate, she shrugged and said, “I