800,000 WASTED DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS!!
That’s what we’re dealing with.
Let me break it down.
2 MILLION people in New Zealand are on long-term medication.
Let’s ignore the phone renewals for now.
They have to PHYSICALLY visit a doctor IN PERSON twice a year.
That means 4 MILLION doctor visits a year – just to renew a prescription.
Don’t believe me?
OK. Let’s be conservative.
Let’s only assume 20% of them go to the doctor.
That’s still 400,000 people.
Which means 800,000 doctor visits.
Each visit? 10 MINUTES.
That’s 8 MILLION minutes of doctor time.
Or 133,000 HOURS.
Or 11,000 FULL 12-HOUR WORKING DAYS for a single doctor.
JUST FOR PRESCRIPTIONS.
Now imagine if we freed that up.
Imagine if doctors could focus on the sick. The urgent. The people who actually need care.
That’s 800,000 EXTRA APPOINTMENTS.
(Factor in the phone scripts, and it’s over 1.6 MILLION appointment slots.)
1.6 MILLION CHANCES for someone to get the care they need.
And all it takes is ONE simple change.
A structured prescription renewal system. A newly trained team. A smarter approach.
Doctors should be treating patients. NOT signing paperwork.
So why aren’t we fixing this?
