Angus Chambers: GP Owners Association Chair on GPs having to raise their prices to keep up with running costs and patient demand
The state of New Zealand's general practices is being dubbed a crisis. A GP Owners Association survey of about a quarter of GPs reports they're being squeezed by rising costs, high patient demand, and staff shortages. It found nearly 60% have doctor and nurse vacancies, and about 70% are financially worse off than a year ago. Chair Angus Chambers told Ryan Bridge that Government funding doesn't keep pace with running costs. He says the Government must urgently overhaul the out-of-date funding model. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.