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Too sick to enrol? Woman struggles to find GP

Clinician using stethoscope on patient's arm

12 Mar 2024

RNZ.

A chronically-ill Rotorua woman suspects some GPs are reluctant to enrol her because she needs a lot of care, as new research shows under-funding is forcing some clinics to cherry-pick healthy patients.

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