"It’s much more fun in general practice..."

13 October 2010Talk about health policy reform often loses sight of the people in the system and their stories. For Inside Story, Melissa Sweet watches two GPs in action

ZARA HAS BEEN waiting a while for her turn, but she’s grinning as she hobbles through the door. “I’m the problem child,” she says. She is not complaining or apologising, just matter-of-fact. Smiling from behind her desk, Sue Harnett agrees. She explains to me, the observer in the corner, that Zara “freaks Neale out.” Her colleague Neale Gunning has a squeamish stomach and had to tend Zara’s dressings last week when Sue was on holiday in the Kimberley…

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