The new New Zealand program, offering 24 hours a day to the primary health services, has been put online.
The 24/7 online general practice service, announced for the first time in March and piloted in May, seeks to relieve overcrowding in emergency services across the country.
The program operates three suppliers who offer 24/7 services: BETTR by local doctors and the white cross, emergency consultations, and Tender. Carehq, Medonline, Pocket Lab, Practice Plus and online doctors have also been integrated to provide online consultations for non -urgent conditions, such as common coughs and colds, intestinal allergies and flu. These providers can also issue prescriptions, laboratory references and medical certificates.
“It is a question of ensuring that Kiwis can obtain the medical help they need when they need it, especially when they cannot get any timely appointments with their regular general practitioner, or the normal external clinic hours,” said Minister of Health Simeon Brown in a statement.
The broader context
The 24/7 digital service is part of Te Whated Ora Health New Zealand Primary Care Tactical Tactical Action Plan, which was allocated NZ $ 447.6 million ($ 265 million) in four -year funding under four Budget 2025.
The government also sets up a New digital service dedicated to primary mental health and dependence. In June, he granted $ 1.97 million NZ dollars (1.2 million dollars) in state financing over two years to tend to provide the new service, which aims to help people who are not registered with a general practitioner or to have difficulty accessing GP services received better access to main mental health support.
Meanwhile, the Télésanté service is also one of the first cases of use of the next Shared digital health recording system, which will provide a coherent and consolidated vision of clinical data available nationally and existing shared digital health files. Initially planned for the launch of the online GP program 24/7 last month, the project calendar was postponed this year, since more work must be done, in particular the integration of health care providers and advise patients on data collection.
