This week kicked off with a very important article by the New Zealand Herald‘s Michael Morrah: Healthcare crisis: Desperate patients queue from 6am at Ōtara clinic for doctor visits
We at General Practitioners Aotearoa responded to this by reaching out directly to Michael, and writing our own response highlighting the wider implications of this story: GPs should be lining up around the block, too
Michael Morrah’s follow-up story for the Herald included a video interview with GPA interim chair Dr Buzz Burrell: GPs warn of primary care collapse in New Zealand, call for urgent Government action
Follow-up media featuring GPA and inspired by these initial articles include:
- Kerre Woodham: Family doctors have gone the way of the moa (Newstalk ZB)
- Continuity of Care – ‘RIP’ or ‘CPR’? (Dr Andrew Corin, one of our members)
- Telehealth offers another option to combat GP struggles (Newstalk ZB)