New Zealand Minister of Health, Simon Brown, has announced a new service a day around the week to expand access to primary care amid the overcrowding of emergency departments.
The government will invest in the new service, which is expected to “provide all New Zealands to better reach video consultations with the doctors registered in New Zealand, such as GPS and nurses.”
GPS and nurses will also be able to issue medical prescriptions and conduct laboratory tests.
According to TE What Oora, a 24/7 health care service was set in July.
The biggest context
Minister Brown revealed the new digital health care service, in addition to announcing various initiatives to expand the scope of access to primary care, including investment in New Zealand 285 million dollars ($ 163 million) in public practice over a period of three years, and doctors abroad, and incentives for primary care providers to recruit nurses.
“We are already investing record health care, but many New Zealands still find it difficult to get an appointment with GP, putting pressure on our emergency departments,” the Minister of Health.
The next launch of the health service comes from the new dimension at a time when the New Zealand Safety and Health Committee concluded this. Health care has not been proven remotely after it was a sustainable solution to reach care In the country. In achieving the implications for quality and safety in health care, the committee also found that the digital service was not common in New Zealand in the first place, even during the epidemic.
Before issuing the committee’s report, the government withdrew funding for some of the free health care services, including Covid-19, as part of the changes in the epidemic response Cost reduction measures.
