College survey of practices – half of GPs surveyed told by patients ‘no thanks’ to recent test offer

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College survey of practices – half of GPs surveyed told by patients ‘no thanks’ to recent test offer

Martin
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Chris Hipkins and Ashley Bloomfield Beehive Covid media briefing
Health minister Chris Hipkins (left) with director-general Ashley Bloomfield. Both have been urging GPs to increase community testing for COVID-19 but a RNZCGP survey finds reluctance among patients to take the test
An RNZCGP survey has detected significant community opposition to COVID-19 swabbing, along with doctors’ concerns about the testing programme. It