The new New Zealand program, which provides around the clock to primary health care services, started live.
Public practice service on 24/7 online, it was first announced in He walks And experimenting in May, seeks to help reduce overcrowding in emergency departments throughout the country.
The program reduces three service providers present around the clock throughout the week: Bettr by local doctors and White Cross, and the emergency consultation, and Remove. CareHQ, Medonline, Pocket Lab, Practice Plus and online doctors are also placed to provide online consultations for unexpected conditions, such as common cough, colds, allergies, and stomach flu. These service providers can also issue medical prescriptions, laboratory and medical certificates.
“This relates to ensuring that Qius can get the medical help they need when they need it, especially when they cannot get a time in time with the normal GP, or outside the regular clinic hours,” Minister of Health Simon Brown said in a statement.
The biggest context
The digital service around the clock is part of the weekly care plan for primary care in New Zealand, which has been allocated, which has been allocated 2025 budget.
The government also creates a New digital service dedicated to primary mental health and addiction. In June, it was granted $ 1.97 million ($ 1.2 million) in government financing over two years to tend to provide the new service, which aims to help people who are not registered in the grand prize race or face a problem in reaching GP services to reach primary mental health support better.
At the same time, a health care service is one of the first cases of the next use Joint Digital Health Register The system, which will provide a fixed and unified view of the available clinical data at the national level and the current joint digital health records. He was initially appointed to launch the GP program online over 24/7 last month, The project’s schedule was pushed back Later this year, more work should be done, including on board healthcare providers and advice to patients about data collection.
