A manifesto for general practice
An equitable, accessible health-positive model - the College's manifesto, written by the President, GPs, and rural hospital doctors during New Zealand's first lockdown in 2020.
Before we took the frontline defence against this global pandemic, GPs had been awaiting the final report of The Health and Disability System Review, a government-contracted, wide-ranging assessment designed to future-proof our health and disability sector.
Ahead of the report’s release, Dr Samantha Murton wanted to take the opportunity to share GPs’ lessons from our COVID-19 experience. This tragic and significant health crisis has helped identify how general practice needs to transform if we are to serve our patients well in future. This document outlines the issues and challenges our College confronted and details our hopes for the future.