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Three-quarters of the additional mental health training opportunities announced by health minister David Clark involve community members taking a one-day course

Counties Manukau DHB is yet to see any of the government funding announced in May to help reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever 

National health survey results, being touted as a “sign of real progress” by the minister of health, are actually warnings of a looming crisis, says RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty 

Counties Manukau DHB has singled out Total Healthcare PHO after claiming general practices are driving patients to the emergency department at Middlemore Hospital 

Mahitahi Hauora is scrambling to coordinate their practices’ response to the power cut affecting the entire Northland district 

A cognitively impaired elderly man on hypotensive drugs had an unwitnessed fall that led to his death while in the care of Auckland DHB 

Whangaroa Health Services Trust chair Grant Lane hopes the arrival of Whanau Ora Community Clinic in the trust’s area means a positive end to “a very bad year”

More flexible, more relevant, less com­plicated, less onerous and, above all, achievable: the RNZCGP says it has got the Cornerstone programme right this time

Island Bay GP Richard Medlicott will soon be cycling hundreds of kilo­metres through South Island land­scapes to raise doctors’ awareness of chronic fatigue syndrome

Whangaroa Health Services Trust chair Grant Lane hopes the arrival of Whanau Ora Community Clinic in the trust’s area means a positive end to “a very bad year”