'Incompatible with his role as a GP': Call for health minister Shane Reti to quit College membership

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'Incompatible with his role as a GP': Call for health minister Shane Reti to quit College membership

Dermot Coffey

Wednesday 29 November 2023, 04:33 PM

Repealing smokefree legislation will make it easier for young people to take smoking [Amritanshu Sikdar on Unsplash]

The following letter was posted on X (formerly Twitter) today by specialist GP Dermot Coffey. Posting the letter, sent to health minister Shane Reti and National MP Vanessa Weenink, Dr Coffey said: “His [Reti's] decision to support scrapping of smoke-free legislation calls our profession into disrepute and is incompatible with his role as a GP, or any professional association with GP bodies in Aotearoa."

Tena kōrua The decision of the new Government to scrap the smokefree legislation to fund tax cuts for wealthy New Zealanders is an utterly bizarre

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