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Some very important points made here, validated by what I am concerned about watching the life of a GP relative. Exploiting them with work demands requiring hours far beyond the contracted number is widespread abuse of professionals trying to help the population.
- NZ GPs are doing about 46% of their work unpaid - often after hours and on weekends.
- Data shows that having a regular GP makes people 30 percent less likely to need to be admitted to a hospital.
- Data also shows that having a regular GP leads to a 30% reduction in all-cause mortality or death.
- New Zealand is about 2000 GPs short of what Australia has, and Kiwis deserve better. They do not deserve to be downgraded to higher risk by way of pharmacists or "physicians' assistants' acting as if they have training or overall perspective they don't have.
'Broken funding model' and 'anti-GP ideology' causing GPs to leave jobs, doctor says - RNZ News
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