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------------------- Original Message -------------------
From: Gregory Soar <[FOI #30738 email]>; 
Received: Wed Apr 16 2025 12:11:24 GMT+1200 (New Zealand Standard Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>; 
Subject: Official Information request - Generalists

Dear Ministry of Health,

I have in writing from my GPs office Privacy Officer that they tell all
patients they must go to Mole Map for skin cancer checks.  I asked this as
I was refused until I mentioned capitation funding. The stated reason is
that their doctors are “only generalists” and thus are “not able” to do
skin checks.  They also took over $8,500 in capitation funding or me.

1. Please fully and with detail describe to me the difference between a
“generalist” doctor not able to check skin and make referrals and the more
usual “general practitioner” who we know is the first step in public
referral for skin cancer checks and referral to further public services..
2. If patients are told their general practitioners are generalists thus
do not do skin cancer checks how do people, unable to afford private
treatment at Mole Map having been told to go there, obtain a referral to
the hospital system for more specialised health check or any care at all
and what does capitation funding cover?
3. How do patients know if they are seeing a “generalist” or the usual GP
general practitioner please?  I have never heard of such a thing before.  

Yours faithfully,

Gregory Soar

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