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Seeking a new challenge for the decade, I asked the recruitment agency, “Does the board of New Zealand Rural General Practice Network expect candidates to have health industry knowledge?

Concern extra staff Govt committed to vaccinating people would stay in urban areas.

More detailed planning needs to be applied to the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in rural communities, doctors say.

Patients had also suffered because of the knock-on effect of fewer appointments. In the last year permanent and short-term vacancies increased from 88 to 103 across rural GP practices, Davidson said. Meeting New Zealand medical council registration requirements, finding flights, getting a room and paying for MIQ were putting many potential recruits off. Supplied/Stuff Ōpunake Medical Centre owner and GP Nick Loveridge-Easther, left, hasn’t been able to fill a full-time role usually held b...

"Theres a just a general anxiety amongst already burnt out GPs in those areas," he said. COVID-19 modeller from Te Pūnaha Matatini, Shaun Hendy, said peoples lack of access to their regular doctor was a worry because it could make them more reluctant to get a test. If theyre out of their home town they may not know where the testing centres are. And if theyre out at the beach those testing centres might be a long way away," he said. The big music festivals and concerts were a worry too. "If a ...

Photo: 123RF The virus was surging in many countries overseas making it more likely to arrive at New Zealands borders. Chief executive of the Rural General Practice Network, Grant Davidson, said small town doctors were already feeling the pressure - especially after a tough year. They were worried about the load on their small practices as people headed to baches, he said. "Theres a just a general anxiety amongst already burnt out GPs in those areas," he said. Covid-19 modeller from Te Pūnaha ...