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Today’s announcement by the Government on illicit drug reforms, boosting both treatment and enforcement, has been welcomed by addictions experts as a positive start 

RNZCGP members are waiting to see how new president Sam Murton approaches the task of rebuilding confidence in the col­lege after a difficult few months

Northland DHB is facing a backlash from the Kaeo community over a proposal to end a local trust’s involvement in providing GP services  

Northland GPs were dealing with frightened parents and medicine shortages as the ur­gent vaccination campaign against the region’s meningo­coccal W outbreak got under way last week

For the second year in a row, a small single-doctor general prac­tice has won the top prize at the ProCare Quality Awards, beating competition from some of the country’s largest clinics

RNZCGP members are waiting to see how new president Sam Murton approaches the task of rebuilding confidence in the col­lege after a difficult few months

PHOs around the country are reporting high lev­els of opt-in from practices to the Government’s expanded Community Services Card scheme, but significant numbers are waiting and watching to see what the impact will be before declaring their hands

Overworked GPs in south Taranaki are awaiting an­swers after the failure of a DHB proposal for an inte­grated health service

More than a million enrolled patients are now covered by general practices using the health care home model of care

An acrimonious split has developed between jun­ior doctors’ representatives following the meteoric rise of the breakaway Speciality Trainees of New Zealand union