A Christchurch urgent care medical practice has shut its doors several hours early, while “non-urgent” patients at another clinic face six-hour-long waits to see a doctor – signs of a health system under “extraordinary” pressure, health leaders say
Health chiefs on the West Coast are “absolutely” committed to reopening Reefton Hospital after its sudden closure two months ago – as long as they can secure safe staffing levels
Another district health board, this time in the South Island, is offering patients vouchers to get them out of its emergency department and into GP clinics for free
The sustainability of general practice was scrutinised at the GP CME conference in Rotorua this month, but delegates had no satisfying answers to take back to their workplaces
The sustainability of general practice was scrutinised at the GP CME conference in Rotorua this month, but delegates had no satisfying answers to take back to their workplaces
Professor Leeder is an emeritus professor of public health and community medicine at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and School of Public Health, University of Sydney. He has written this commentary for Australian Doctor, which we are republishing with permission
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