Malcolm Mulholland: Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair on the lack of robust urgent care services in Napier
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
The Napier community feels underwhelmed despite retaining its overnight urgent care.
The Government’s back tracking on a leaked proposal to cut the service due to low demand, which sparked community backlash.
It will remain nurse-led, but with no doctors on-site.
Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair Malcolm Mulholland told Francesca Rudkin the community deserves a robust urgent care service, including a GP.
He says they do feel like they've been let down by the government.
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