Patients’ rights in unusual times: Right to needs-based healthcare services is not absolute

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Patients’ rights in unusual times: Right to needs-based healthcare services is not absolute

By Ben Gray
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A hefty extra swag of complaints has landed with the health and disability commissioner [image: Alexander Grey on Unsplash]

Thousands of people have experienced delays in care, so what would constitute a ‘reasonable’ complaint about such delay? Ben Gray suggests taking a pragmatic response

Everyone was scrambling to do the best they could Two separate but related articles in New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa last month are a clear si