Dr Buzz BurrellNew Zealand Medical Association

Blenheim

11:30 - 12:00 State of the GP Nation

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2016 annual report – MoH had 1038 FTE.

Primary care = nine listed

= 0.86% of MoH staffing

dedicated to primary care.

Family incomeFamily

Wife spends it

Family Board (all matters)

Primary organisation (immediate concerns)

Management team

CEO; COO; GM GM building

GM food

GM transport

GM kids

GM planning and funding

Outsource food –

tender –

freeze-thaw system

from overseas

(Tier 3)

Kids do not eat for last month of the year

Move out of the house into a tent

Waiting list for new shoes and clothes

Most reasonable requests for anything prioritised and rejected

Inequity – 2 tier system – inverse care law

Managers saying ‘No”

Fragmented

Primary care is struggling to be viable

Secondary care can’t cope

Cost-saving mental health hotline ….