Health care – Wihab

‘Family doctor concept in NZ is dead’: GPs warn of collapse of primary care in NZ

“That one [the Herald’s video] “It was probably the most appalling display of injustice you could possibly ask for in

Many sick or injured people waiting to see a doctor queue for hours outside the South Auckland clinic every morning.

RNZ understands that the Piritahi Hau Ora Trust is not the only trust involved in running the clinic. Te Whatu

Tiu Tuitara, right, a patient of Local Doctors Otara, says it is a long time to see doctors like Silva

Patients start queuing from six o’clock in the morning to be seen by a General Practitioner in Ōtara. Image /

The latest data from Te Whatu Ora shows Tairāwhiti has a chief medical officer vacancy of more than 30% –

“Nurses come to work very worried not knowing what we will face, and the only support we have is ourselves.”

Te Whatu Ora said that New Zealand will have 1000 GPs as soon as 2033. Photo: Petr Macháček / Unsplash