South Taranaki needs focus on retaining GPs not an urgent care clinic, says Hawera doctor

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South Taranaki needs focus on retaining GPs not an urgent care clinic, says Hawera doctor

Cliff

Taylor

ctaylor@nzdoctor.co.nz

Monday 5 March 2018, 06:48 AM

South Taranaki rural areas and townships need “innovative models of care”, says Taranaki DHB

Hawera GP Keith Blayney says a DHB-planned primary and urgent care health service for South Taranaki would be a top-down fix for a non-existent proble, Keith Blayney, Hawera GP Keith Blayney says a DHB-run urgent care clinic in Hawera is not the answer to South Taranaki’s primary care access problems