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NZ’s elective surgery crisis

15 March 2022
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By NZSA
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New Zealand Orthopaedic Association President Peter Robertson says the elective surgery crisis isn’t news. We just need to take action.

The situation has been worsening for years and over successive governments. Now and again some money is lobbed in, enabling a small amount of catch-up – but this only addresses the symptoms, not the cause. Read more