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Auckland practice grapples with the cost of providing urgent-care services
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Auckland practice grapples with the cost of providing urgent-care services
Wednesday 30 October 2024, 03:15 PM

Silverdale Medical’s urgent-care service is uncertain as funding challenges put critical after-hours services nationwide at risk [Image: 3drenderingson iStock]
Urgent and after-hours care services are under increasing pressure nationwide. Auckland’s Silverdale Medical is the latest provider to signal it is looking at pulling the plug on its urgent-care service due to a lack of funding and workforce shortages. Chief executive Ranyani Perera outlines some of the issues the Hibiscus Coast practice is facing, as well as some potential solutions to help the sector
“Even though we play a critical role in supporting the health system and hospitals by diverting a large number of cases, we receive no funding from Te
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