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GPs say people are having to travel hundreds of kilometres just to get a 15 minute doctors consult, amid the doctors shortage that's seen half the country's clinics close their books to new patients. They're worried about the thousands of people who are finding themselves locked out of the overloaded system.. and warning the government it's already "beyond a crisis". Katie Todd reports
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Northland meningococcal death: Leaders plead for help as 'well-loved' boy passes away 23 Feb, 2021 04:50 AM 6 minutes to read Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangārei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / File Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangārei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / File Northland's first meningococcal death in more than two years, a six-year-old boy, has Kaikohe leaders pleading for more essential health services in their rohe (area). The boy, from the Kaikohe area, was sent home from Taut...