GP Clinics Are "Cream Skimming" Patients

GP Clinics Are "Cream Skimming" Patients

RNZ

Of the 227 practices surveyed, fewer than one in three were freely enrolling patients in 2022. In 2022, only 28 percent of practices were fully open - would take any patient that crossed their doors. That was down from 57 percent being "fully open' in 2019. Some general practices were rejecting patients with more complex needs.

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