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Wednesday 27 September 2023
More patients for struggling GPs ANNE HARDIE A struggling workforce of GPs in the Nelson Tasman region is dealing with 600 more patients a week than they were a few years ago and nearly all the medical
centres are limiting new enrolments. Nelson GP (general practice) spokesperson Graham Loveridge says GPs in the Nelson Tasman region are grappling with the workload due to the inability to
recruit more GPs, more complex patients and the overloaded hospital system pushing more patients on to GPs. “We have an older population now and many will have more than one problem and the hospi-
tal system is struggling to cope. “That means we’re getting more complicated patients being pushed back into general practice.” At the same time, the population in Nelson Tasman is growing and
10 per cent of the GP workforce is over the age of 65. “That’s a major issue and we just haven’t been training enough young GPs to come in at the
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Fizzy collab with a heart of gold ELISE VOLLWEILER The case of a missing mascot has led to a sweet collaboration – one that is tinged pink with a boysenberry blush. Marleen and Peter Suy, who own Motueka soda factory Pete’s Natural, were saddened to read about the recent bear-napping of Heart Kids NZ’s mascot, Maia Bear. Heart Kids NZ has 10,000 members nationally, including heart kids and their whānau, and is growing by 15 per cent each year. The charity provides free lifelong support for the families of children affected by heart conditions. Many of the youngest heart kids take comfort from appearances and messages from the organisation’s mascot, Maia Bear. She Heart Kids NZ’s family support taituarā Rebecca Ellis, Maia Bear, and Pete and Marleen Suy of is especially treasured as the chilPete’s Natural. Photo: Elise Vollweiler.
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dren are given a small Maia teddy to keep when they have heart surgeries or procedures. It made national news when the original Maia Bear was stolen from a car in Auckland back in May, and when Marleen and Pete read about the charity’s plea for her safe return, it pulled at their heartstrings. “We’re parents and grandparents, so that’s close to our hearts,” Marleen explains. They offered to replace the six-foot bear, which cost about $6,500, but Maia’s original manufacturers had already come to the party and had offered up a replacement. Marleen says that they were still eager to help the charity in some way, and so Pete came up with the idea of creating a limited-edition pink lemonade, offering to donate $1 for
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