Insight: NZ's GP Service in a 'Critical Condition'

About 500,000 people can't afford to see a GP, patient fees are high and still climbing, and doctors themselves are burnt-out and angry. RNZ Health Correspondent Karen Brown investigates what's gone wrong with primary healthcare and why.

An episode of the Insight podcast, hosted by RNZ, titled "Insight: NZ's GP Service in a 'Critical Condition'" was published on March 4, 2017 and runs 28 minutes.

March 4, 2017 ·28m · Insight

Summary

About 500,000 people can't afford to see a GP, patient fees are high and still climbing, and doctors themselves are burnt-out and angry. RNZ Health Correspondent Karen Brown investigates what's gone wrong with primary healthcare and why.

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