【信报消息】（ 新西兰工党NZLabourParty）卫生部长大卫·克拉克博士（Hon Dr. David Clark）表示，政府正在履行其承诺，全力支持在抗击新冠病毒第一线的家庭医生，护士以及药房工作人员。
“面对新冠病毒，家庭医生及药房人员等工作在抗疫第一线的专业人士将要以新的方式开展工作，而我们必须要给他们全力的支持。”
“民众的健康都要仰仗他们，所以我们需要尽可能保护他们以保证民众健康安全。他们是一线医疗服务的主力军，特别是在预警四级的时候。”
“因此，我们首先投入$3,000万新西兰元，作为上个月宣布的$5亿健康计划的一部分。这笔资金从本周开始启动，专门用于支持基础医疗。”
“根据行业反馈，我们了解到他们需要以不同的可持续方式开展工作。政府出台的这些支持计划可以满足当前需求，然而，我们知道还有很多工作要做。”
“这笔拨款首先被用于医务人员加班补助及改变工作形式的支出。我们对基础医疗投入$1500万新西兰元的应急拨款，用于补贴基础医疗工作人员测试患者的加班费用以及远程会诊所产生的支出。”
“同时我们也会向地方医管局（DHB）额外支付一笔费用，用于社区检测中心（CBAC）的设置，实施和运营。已与医管局达成协议构架测试网络的基础医疗机构也将获得资助。”
“我们同样也向社区药房投入$1500万新西兰元以资助其员工加班及远程工作。”
“新冠病毒带来的挑战是复杂的，因而其应对措施也需要能够应对不断变化的情况。在具体计划中，我们还将考虑到高需求人群以及诊所和药房的规模。”
“我们还将定期审查寻找其他需求，这将取决于疫情的持续时间和严重程度。”
“我们患难与共，而社区药房和家庭医生诊所是新西兰应对全球挑战的基石。我代表民众对他们的付出表示感谢。”部长说。
（以上为简译，仅供参考，具体内容请见原文）
英文原文
Government delivers COVID-19 support to GPs and Pharmacies
Health Minister Dr David Clark says the Government is delivering on its commitment to support general practice doctors and nurses, and pharmacies on the front-line of our fight against COVID-19.
“For us to overcome COVID-19, we need community health services such as general practice and community pharmacy to step up and to work in new ways and they must be supported,” says David Clark.
“The public relies on their services and we need to do as much as possible to protect and sustain these critical workforces. They’re a truly essential part of front-line health care delivery, particularly now we’re at Alert Level 4.
“That’s why we’ve put in place an initial $30 million funding plan for these sectors – which is part the $500 million COVID-19 health package announced last month. This money began flowing to GPs and pharmacies this week.
“We heard sector concerns that they needed support to work differently and sustainably at this very testing time. This support package goes some way towards the immediate needs, but we know there’ll be more to be done.
“Under this package, financial support has been developed to provide early support to general practice and community pharmacy. The initial payments are to recognise additional workload, and how work is changing under COVID-19.
“The general practice funding package consists of a $15 million general practice response payment aimed to support general practices with workload from testing patients and the costs incurred moving to virtual consultations.
“There will be an additional payment to District Health Boards (DHBs) to support the setup, implementation and running costs of Community Based Assessment Centres (CBACs). Funding will be available to general practices who have agreed with DHBs to form part of the CBACs network.
“The community pharmacy funding package totalling $15 million is a support payment for all community pharmacy service providers to recognise the increased workload and for the way they’re moving into a virtual working environment alongside general practice.
“COVID-19 is a complex challenge, and it requires complex solutions which can respond to changing situations.
“Within the detail of these packages, we will also be taking into account high needs populations and the size of practices and pharmacies.
“We will also regularly review what other support may be required and clearly this will depend on the length and severity of the impact of COVID-19 on New Zealanders.
“We know we are all in this together and the New Zealanders working in the community pharmacy and general practice make up the cornerstones of the New Zealand response to a global challenge.
“I know the public would want me to thank them all as we weather the storm of COVID-19,” David Clark says.
