Such patients were expected to be monitored by Healthline, with initial assessments carried out by Auckland Regional Public Health Service, with help from primary healthcare providers. But almost a month later GPs say they are monitoring increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients self-isolating at home and there needs to be more clarity over their roles. Dr Allan Moffitt is the clinical director of ProCare, the Primary Health Organisation (PHO) which funds almost 50 per cent of the primary healthcare providers in Auckland. But GPs have been informed about how they can claim the payments for any consultations they have done with Covid-19 patients who reach out to them." Local Democracy Reporting is a public interest news service supported by RNZ, the News Publishers' Association and NZ On Air.

Source: Stuff November 13, 2021 22:08 UTC