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Primary care has delivered just over half of the COVID-19 vaccine doses in the southern region, with 85 per cent of WellSouth general practices soon to be involved 

A former poster child for encouraging GPs to work in Northland finishes work today to head back to the UK because of the frozen residency queue 

The frozen residency queue thwarting UK doctor Daisy Christie and many other doctors’ plans to settle in New Zealand has prompted a petition that has gained 2500 signatures in a week 

A Government freeze on new residency applications has forced a much-wanted GP to return to the UK 

A nearly-1900 signature petition is presented, calling for an urgent amendment to medicines legislation that limits nurse practitioners and pharmacist prescribers 

Ensuring GPs can book virtual consultations with hospital spe­cialists is one of 18 successful bids made by DHBs to receive Ministry of Health funding for primary care im­provement projects

Ensuring GPs can book virtual consultations with hospital spe­cialists is one of 18 successful bids made by DHBs to receive Ministry of Health funding for primary care im­provement projects

 A severe outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus in children grew nearly exponentially from just a handful of cases in May, says

AN ONGOING SHORTAGE of derma­tologists has prompted Canterbury DHB to run a GP-led skin-monitoring clinic

A Westport general practice has been forced to relocate and one Marlborough clinic has closed its doors for the day after the weekend’s extreme flooding and wild weather