Letters to the editor: Market area to lure GPs (March 12)

Updated March 10 2020 - 12:43pm, first published 12:30pm
GP SHORTAGE: One reader thinks it will pay to talk about the cost of housing, and the local lifestyle, when enticing doctors to the Southlakes district. Picture: Shutterstock
GP SHORTAGE: One reader thinks it will pay to talk about the cost of housing, and the local lifestyle, when enticing doctors to the Southlakes district. Picture: Shutterstock

Market area to lure GPs

REGARDING the local GP shortage ("Southlakes GP crisis", Lakes Mail, March 5), perhaps we need to look at other incentives. Income for GPs needs to be competitive, but there are other cards to play, some of which will be more important to the right individual and their family.

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