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Fixing the GP crisis
Our family doctors are the super-specialists of the medical profession and it is time they were treated like that, says New Zealand healthcare expert Robin Gauld.They are the heart of our primary care, probably the biggest brains of our medical profession, but they are under-valued and in crisis, says Professor Gauld, who is from Bond University’s business school in Queensland.Gauld says GPs are not well rated by our medical school and students …
New Zealand’s GP System at Risk of Collapse, Report Says
A new report focusing on New Zealand’s primary care sector—general practitioners (GPs) and their surgeries—warns the sector is at “a critical juncture” and facing “mounting pressures that threaten its sustainability and effectiveness.” It was authored by Dr Prabani Wood, a research fellow at The New Zealand Initiative, who spent 15 years as a GP with around 8,500 patients before turning to research work. She points out that specialist GPs are “h…
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