Luke Bradford: College of GPs President on the number of GP specialist referrals being declined

A lack of Government data is making it impossible to know the extent of specialist referral rejections.  A new Association of Salaried Medical Specialists report —which looks at seven districts between 2023 and 2025— shows one in five GP referrals are being declined.   College of GPs President Luke Bradford told Ryan Bridge they have no idea how many people with lower graded conditions are being rejected.   He says Health New Zealand doesn't record the proper data, or make each service's threshold clear.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.