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‘Poster child’ practice Waikanae Health has gone from thriving to surviving as GP shortages and patient demands take their toll. Specialist GP Herman van Kradenburg speaks out about 'untenable' workloads and underfunding of elderly patients and Community Services Card consults  

A pilot scheme to train Whānau Āwhina Plunket staff to deliver childhood vaccinations has today received funding confirmation of $1 million from health minister Shane Reti

GP recruitment issues have forced OmniHealth to close its Parklands practice in Bell Block and transfer the patients to its practice in nearby New Plymouth

A legal challenge over the Medical Council’s 2021 guidance statement on the COVID-19 vaccine and anti-vax claims is under way in the High Court at Wellington

An autumn concert of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” led to the spring gift of two new wheelchairs for Hanmer Springs Health Centre

The challenges facing primary care nurses are “unprecedented”, and not being paid at the same level as Te Whatu Ora nurses is a “fundamental injustice”, says one of their leaders

GP recruitment issues have forced OmniHealth to close its Parklands practice in Bell Block and transfer the patients to its practice in nearby New Plymouth

Equity and safe prescribing are the focus of a new set of prescribing principles developed for all prescribers jointly by their health professional registration bodies

The end of free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from today means elderly and vulnerable patients can’t access antivirals without paying for one, says RNZCGP medical director Luke Bradford  

Queenstown and Wānaka practices report losing potential patients to government-funded telehealth GPs when their own after-hours services are available