Malcolm Mulholland: Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair on the lack of robust urgent care services in Napier

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The Napier community feels underwhelmed despite retaining its overnight urgent care.  The Government’s back tracking on a leaked proposal to cut the service due to low demand, which sparked community backlash.  It will remain nurse-led, but with no doctors on-site.  Patient Voice Aotearoa Chair Malcolm Mulholland told Francesca Rudkin the community deserves a robust urgent care service, including a GP.  He says they do feel like they've been let down by the government.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.