Integrated county networks can bring expertise closer to rural patients, but referral rules, staffing, medicines and accountability determine whether care truly moves.
Tag: Primary care
The last unvaccinated child is the most expensive to reach, and the easiest to overlook
WHO’s 2026 health statistics point to immunisation inequality. Closing it requires local trust, reliable cold chains and health systems that can find missed children.
Community pharmacy can do more, but New Zealand must fund the handover
A community pharmacy may be the only health service a person can enter without an appointment. Pharmacists see medication confusion, untreated symptoms, co