Primary care funding reach remains murky

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Primary care funding reach remains murky

Lesley Clarke
Lesley Clarke, NZMA chief executive

Capitation for general practices will rise next month, but whether revenues can cover the extra pay that nurses have won is still debated. Fiona Cassie reports

The DHBs and Ministry of Health claim general practices will be able to cover their practice nurs­es’ pay rise with the coming year’s extra capitation