24 Mar 2017

9% missing out on hospital treatment: study

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 24 March 2017

A new pilot study finds that 9 per cent of adult New Zealanders are missing out on hospital treatment for non-urgent conditions - including mental, medical, surgical and dental problems. Kathryn Ryan speaks with the leader of the pilot study, the founder of the Canterbury Charity Hospital, surgeon Phil Bagshaw.

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