Limited capacity in general practice to handle fallout from hospital strike action

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Limited capacity in general practice to handle fallout from hospital strike action

Stephen
Forbes
Hospital docs - Luis Melendez on Unsplash
A junior doctors strike tomorrow will see 2500 resident medical officers employed by Te Whatu Ora walk-off the job for 25 hours from 7am [Image: Luis Melendez on Unsplash]
There will be extra pressure put on GPs. The standard line to patients is, ‘If it’s not urgent, go and see your GP’ The potential for a 25-hour s, Buzz Burrell, General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) interim chair Buzz Burrell