Minor ills not worth the wait: sick heading to GPs rather than emergency

By Janice Harris
Updated June 4 2014 - 6:47am, first published 4:00am
SINKING IN: Less people are presenting in the emergency department at Orange hospital with non-urgent problems, according to figures just released by the National Health Performance Authority.
SINKING IN: Less people are presenting in the emergency department at Orange hospital with non-urgent problems, according to figures just released by the National Health Performance Authority.

PEOPLE in Orange and district are starting to get the message to go to their general practitioner for minor ailments, rather than face long waiting times at Orange hospital.

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