The Government is setting up 24-7 digital healthcare in a package announced today to make it easier to see a doctor.
Providers including GPs getting incentives for supporting graduate nurses - capped at 400 annually for three years.
Health New Zealand is also putting up $285 million to incentivise GP clinics to open their books to new patients, and hit Government targets.
Health Minister Simeon Brown says they're also introducing a two-year programme to train up to 100 overseas doctors as GPs.
"Many of these people are doing jobs which are not related to their qualifications - you hear stories where some of them are driving Ubers. Actually, we want them in GP practices."
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