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Showing posts with label Family Doctors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Doctors. Show all posts

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Kerre Woodham: Family doctors have gone the way of the moa


I did want to have a look at the state of our primary healthcare – this is something we've looked at before, and I have absolutely no doubt that we will look at again. I do tend to agree with the GP advocacy group, General Practitioners Aotearoa, that the concept of the family doctor is dead. You're not going to get a Dr Finlay's Casebook again any time soon on the telly. You're not going to see a doctor who has not only looked after your primary health for much of your life, but also that of your family’s.

 These are the kinds of doctors that have gone the way of the moa.