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A remote wellness hub staffed by health improvement practitioners, health coaches and awhi ora workers is being trialled in a disused Clendon, south Auckland practice

David Letele’s community-focused health and fitness programmes are expanding thanks to primary care organisations and Te Whatu Ora

A woman with a severe penicillin allergy died after being injected with Augmentin despite multiple safeguards that included a medical alert necklace and prominent warning notes

General practice funding must change to better reflect need says Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall

Tongan Health Society has opened a new practice, Ōtāhuhu Medical Centre, its fourth in the Auckland region

A GP decided against examining a woman who was too unwell to fully engage in a consultation – and the patient died three weeks later from metastatic oesophageal cancer

Now, don’t get me wrong, I absolutely expect nothing but slings, arrows, the odd pot of boiling oil, and a truly judgy side-eye

I gave ciggies a serious crack just the once. I was a young bloke in London and pretty much every single person I met was hanging off the end of a fag. What choice was there?

The number of outlets selling cigarettes around the country is set to plummet from about 6000 to 599 on 1 July 2024

Boundaries for a further 22 of the 60 or so localities planned to cover the country are set to be signed off, says Te Whatu Ora national director commissioning Abbe Anderson