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General practices’ outreach to COVID-19 unvaccinated patients is informed by data – but which data? The answer is, it depends on the access, granted by DHBs to their local PHOs, to the data held on the Ministry of Health’s COVID Immunisation Register.

General practices around the country used everything from scones to TikTok, from zany dress-ups to prize draws, to entice the punters for the record-breaking Super Saturday vaccination event.

Viewing telehealth as the answer to managing COVID-19 in rural Māori communities is naive, say rural health leaders.

General practices’ outreach to COVID-19 unvaccinated patients is informed by data – but which data? The answer is, it depends on the access, granted by DHBs to their local PHOs, to the data held on the Ministry of Health’s COVID Immunisation Register.

A second COVID-19-related bumper year for Healthline saw its co-owner Pegasus Health make a surplus despite the loss experienced by its PHO and health services arms.

Employers of doctors and nurses not complying by 15 November open to a fine of up to $1000 per worker 

A simple ‘nudge’ letter to GPs pointing out their antibiotic prescribing was “out of whack” with their local peers led to a sizeable drop in overprescribing, a study published today finds 

Timing of the Pfizer booster dose for front-line healthcare workers is up for debate but could be available before Christmas 

The guaranteeing of 300 managed isolation spots for health workers has delighted Rural General Practice Network leader Grant Davidson but he wants more details 

A shake-up in east Christchurch general practice could lead to two new, Very Low Cost Access general practices being founded to serve Aranui and Wainoni, in competition with Whanau Ora Community Clinic network’s services.