Budget 2024: Why does primary care miss out on major funding?

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This article was first published online on 19 June.

From Barbara: Budget is always a big deal here in the newsroom. We are eternally optimistic, but likewise eternally disappointed. It’s been a few years since we could write a cracker yarn about a significant increase in primary care funding. This year was no different. Our regular policy puzzler (and Auckland university professor of health systems) Tim Tenbensel explains the problem at hand when it comes to attracting Budget money to primary care