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Delays in finalising the annual funding offer to primary care have seen planned negotiation talks put off until the end of May  

Dunedin after-hours doctors pay is to be boosted next month after 10 practices withdrew from the roster of the city’s after-hours clinic that cut its hours this month

News of six sites trialling new models of rural urgent care is welcomed, but other struggling rural practices are “gutted” at having to wait another year for support, a rural health leader says 

Ten stretched Dunedin practices gave notice today of withdrawing from the city’s after-hours roster as part of a call for action for the Government to fund a standalone urgent-care facility 

Pegasus Health has confirmed it is looking at job cuts as part of a restructuring proposal in response to rising costs and changes to funding

A cash-strapped, charity-run clinic offering same-day care in Masterton for over four years fears it will have to close within months after being turned down for a general practice contract

Tāmaki Health’s “pumping the brakes” on buying general practices has been deliberate, says the corporate’s chief executive Lloyd McCann

The Pegasus Health Group is back in the black with a $2.2 million surplus, the 2024 annual report for the PHO and its wider network shows

Primary care nurses’ hopes of closing the pay gap with their hospital counterparts have further nosedived after today’s move by the Government to scrap their claim and all other current pay equity claims 

For more than a decade, Waikato’s Tui Medical group has quietly been helping dozens of overseas-trained doctors break into the system through its medical assistant programme. Reporter Fiona Cassie speaks to the owner about its success