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Briefing paper shows lab providers lobbying for user pays

Stephen

Forbes

sforbes@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 15 January 2025, 04:10 PM

Many of the country’s private lab providers are struggling to meet their target of reporting 80 per cent of specimens within five days due to workforce shortages according to a Te Whatu Ora report [Image: ljubaphoto on iStock].

ESSENTIALS A briefing paper to health minister shows private lab providers have been lobbying the Government to allow copayment charges for lab , READ MORE

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