Workforce returns to centre stage as Clark feels weight of expectation

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Workforce returns to centre stage as Clark feels weight of expectation

Tim Malloy with David Clark
Looking towards an uncertain future for the GP workforce. RNZCGP president Tim Malloy and health minister David Clark at the college’s Conference for General Practice

More than 600 delegates attended the RNZCGP’s four-day Quality Symposium and Conference for General Practice in Auckland at the end of July, broadening their minds at a huge range of presentations and workshops. New Zealand Doctor’s Barbara Fountain, Cliff Taylor, Fiona Thomas, Ruth Brown, Keira Stephenson and Simon Maude were there covering the action, starting with an address by health minister David Clark

Do I still believe there should be a focus on primary care and prevention? Yes, I do. I’m not prepared to give up; I want to put an increased investme