The silence of a policy void

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The silence of a policy void

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Vanessa Weenink

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In one scenario, digital technologies replace face-to-face and resource-intensive, in-person modes of care [image: Everythingpossible on iStock]

Don Matheson, Johanna Reidy and Rawiri Keenan say the health reforms have not presented a coherent vision for primary and community care. In this, the first of two articles, they fill in some gaps in a bid to spark policy discussion

The health reforms in Aotearoa New Zealand have been far too quiet on the policy direction planned for primary healthcare. This silence ignores th
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