Taumarunui workforce issues help drive thousands to ED, not GP

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Taumarunui workforce issues help drive thousands to ED, not GP

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The majority of patients attending Taumaranui ED last year were low acuity. (Stock photo)
A lack of GPs and reliance on short-term locums is part of the problem driving nearly the equivalent of the town's population to ED at Taumarunui Hosp