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System fails for all: No denial, fund and fix it

Frances Matthews
Hospital clinic bed CR Martha Dominguez De Gouveia on Unsplash
Patients waiting for specialist appointments or investigations are suffering disability and sometimes premature death, GP Frances Matthews writes [Image: Martha Dominguez de Gouveia on Unsplash]

Frances Matthews takes issue with the state of the health system and its negative ramifications on patients and healthcare workers alike

New Zealand’s healthcare system is failing. I work as a locum GP and as a medicolegal advisor dealing mostly with ACC matters and I see both ends of t