Last updated on 15 July 2021
Scoop.co.nz, 9 June 2020
GP Practices Buckling In Covid-19 Aftermath
Stuff, 9 June 2020
Coronavirus: GP practices’ finances hit by drop in patients during lockdown
NZ City, 10 June 2020
GP practices are still struggling after the lockdown
NZ Doctor, 17 June 2020
Southern tourist town practices miss out on rebound – elsewhere, patients piling in
National Business Review, 18 June 2020
GPs expect 10-40% revenue hit from lockdown dip. If pent-up need leads to a patient tsunami, practices could struggle.
Stuff, 30 June 2020
GPs’ financial strain a function of funding system, researcher says
NZ Doctor, 13 July 2020
Burdened by testing, general practices cut back video consultations – survey
National Business Review, 31 July 2020
Are GP-run practices an endangered species? Nurses’ pay gap and Covid-19 strains compound decade of underfunding
Stuff, 13 August 2020
Coronavirus: GPs faced lack of funding, equipment needed for tests – study
TVNZ News, 14 August 2020
GPs feeling frustrated with issues around community Covid-19 testing
NZ Doctor, 18 August 2020
GPs frustrated over testing in lead-up to lockdown
NZ Doctor, 4 September 2020
COVID-19 survey: Patients concealing respiratory symptoms until consultation room
Stuff, 4 September 20
Coronavirus: GPs ‘battle weary’, one threatened for asking patient to wear mask
NZ Doctor, 4 September 20
‘Everyone is irritable’: Covid-19 at the GP practice
NZ Doctor, 21 September 20
COVID-19 survey: Practices having to buy own PPE
Radio NZ, 23 September 20
Family doctors upset by PPE supply issues
NZ Doctor, 1 October 20
DHB seeks to restrict COVID-19 testing – university survey
NZ City, 1 October 20
NZ Doctor, 30 October 20
Eight months into pandemic and PPE access still troubled, university survey finds
NZ Doctor, 18 November 20
NZ Doctor, 25 Feb 2021
Yes to jabs at special COVID-19 vaccination centres, no to pharmacies – survey
NZ Medical Journal, 9 July 2021
NZ Doctor, 15 July 2021
Canaries in the COVID-19 coalmine: Border study a wake-up call to listen to general practice