Rural health strategy provides glimmer of hope for sector

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Rural health strategy provides glimmer of hope for sector

24 April 2024

Fiona

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Wednesday 24 April 2024, 03:30 AM

Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network chair Fiona Bolden says rural health outcomes are not “easy reading” [Image: Supplied]

‘Kahikatea tū i te uru/Growing stronger, together’ was the theme for this year’s National Rural Health Conference organised by Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network. Network chair Fiona Bolden opened the conference. Fiona Cassie reports

And the lights are going out around rural New Zealand as the workforce is so stretched that it’s at breaking point The “lights are going out” in

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