Better, Sooner, More Convenient Primary Health Care
Better, Sooner, More Convenient Primary Health Care is the Government's initiative to deliver a more personalised primary health care system that provides services closer to home and makes Kiwis healthier.
Primary health care has a part to play in helping reduce acute demand pressure on hospitals by better managing chronic conditions and proactively supporting high need populations.
A package of services is proposed to make significant improvements. This includes multiple Integrated Family Health Centres, nurses acting as case managers for patients with chronic conditions, providing a wider range of care and support for patients and shifting some secondary care services to primary care.
More information
To find out more about the Government's primary health care initiative, see the publication Better, Sooner, More Convenient Primary Health Care in the Community.
Page last updated: 20 September 2011
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