That other pandemic with a tight grip on the system: Primary care denialism

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That other pandemic with a tight grip on the system: Primary care denialism

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Vanessa Weenink

Hands raised, Edwin Andrade on Unsplash
An array of advocates is failing to articulate the value of primary care. Photo: Edwin Andrade on Unsplash

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Strengthened primary care is better for the patient, the taxpayer and population health outcomes, but is supported by rhetoric rather than funding, writes Helen Parker

Why is general practice underfunded? How has practice nurse pay dispar­ity become a thing? Why did general practice have such a low profile in the rec