Primary care clinics see nearly 700 patients diverted from stressed hospitals

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Primary care clinics see nearly 700 patients diverted from stressed hospitals

Martin
Johnston
Sarah Hartnall [image: supplied by NRHCC]
Sarah Hartnall, the Northern Region Health Coordination Centre’s clinical operations leader, says the system of diverting some patients from hospital EDs to primary care clinics is working well
“Nearly 700 patients deferred from ED or kept out of ED is pretty successful” Four designated primary care clinics in Auckland are said to have