General practice owners are saying “enough is enough” and are ready to take a stand after rejecting yesterday’s 3 per cent capitation increase as unsustainable, says general practice leader Tim Malloy
New Zealand’s general practice association, GenPro, says that the safety of the country’s network of family doctor services can no longer be guaranteed following the Government’s announcement of a real-terms funding reduction
Tomorrow, the likely capitation funding increase for general practices will be discussed, but the word is out that it falls far short of meeting inflation and nurse pay-parity cost pressures
The failure of the Budget to invest in sustainable general practice is an insult and puts the public at risk, says General Practice Owners Association chair Tim Malloy
New Zealand’s latest CPI inflation figure of 6.9% could signal the end of free GP visits for under 14-year-olds, childhood immunisations and many other essential population health services for the country’s most vulnerable communities
New Zealand’s COVID response has become a reactive series of on-the-spot decision making in the absence of credible planning and a lack of consultation and engagement with health providers whom the Government is now expecting to manage out-of-control levels of infection and community demand
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