Urgent care rallies against cuts: Meeting with ACC held after rush of objections to changes

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Urgent care rallies against cuts: Meeting with ACC held after rush of objections to changes

Martin

Johnston

mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

Friday 31 March 2023, 10:41 AM

Broken wrist [Image: Stockdevil on iStock]

Relations between urgent care and ACC are fractured [Image: Stockdevil on iStock]

Martin Johnston backgrounds the furore among urgent-care providers who are adamant ACC’s proposed contract changes would hurt their sector and send more patients to hospitals

The COVID revenue has all dried up as of January and February and we’re feeling the pinch ACC can be expected to revise its proposed urgent-care

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