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Rural health backbone strives to reach wishbone aspirations

Fiona Bolden
Wishbone poultry CR Dimijana on iStock
The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 wished to achieve equity in health outcomes across all population groups [Image: Dimijana on iStock]

Fiona Bolden looks at the difficulties of providing equitable care in a rural setting and praises those who provide ‘pockets of greatness’

It is essential that the upcoming cuts across the health service, with the current fiscal constraints, don’t result in negative health outcomes I