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Community backlash has prompted the Counties Manukau District Health Board (DHB) to review its decision not to fund an after-hours emergency clinic.
East Care Accident and Medical in Botany closed its overnight service last year after 24 years of operating.
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The closure means east and South Aucklanders have to go to Middlemore Hospital s emergency department for after-hours medical care, putting more pressure on hospital wait times, and for some, a lengthy journey.
It followed the DHB s 2018 decision to stop funding after-hours accident and emergency services.
But the DHB commissioned an independent report by consultants Sapere, which was released last week.
The New Zealand National Party
Figures released to National show, that since March, Police Officers are continuing to leave the force while gang numbers explode, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says.
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 10:47 am
Figures released to National show, that since March,
Police Officers are continuing to leave the force while gang
numbers explode, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon
Brown says.
“From March to June 2021, Constabulary
Police numbers have dropped from 10,244 to 10,117, a drop of
127, meanwhile over the same period gang numbers have been
increasing at a rate of one new gang member per
day.
“The increase in gang numbers has been met with
great concern by the New Zealand public, but few know that
police numbers have gone in the opposite direction at the
same time; a deeply concerning trend.
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