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GPs and nurses are being funded to reach out to their unvaccinated Māori and Pacific patients as part of a “trusted clinician” pilot funded by Nelson Marlborough DHB 

An emergency fund providing case-by-case support for practices and urgent-care centres unable to adapt to the drop in patient presentations during lockdown, is an option to consider, says GenPro chair Tim Malloy

AN EMERGENCY FUND providing case-by-case support for practices and urgent-care centres unable to adapt to the drop in patient presentations during lockdown, is an option to consider, says GenPro chair Tim Malloy.

The call for residents in seven suburbs of interest to volunteer for surveillance COVID-19 testing has led to a slight increase in swabbing, report general practices contacted by New Zealand Doctor Aotearoa 

Nearly 5000 New Zealand doctors have now signed a pro-COVID-19 vaccine letter, compared with five doctors whose anti-vax stands have prompted misinformation complaints to the health and disability commissioner’s office

When your father is frail and 90, your brain, if not your heart, knows you may not have him for much longer. 

The remote Bay of Plenty community of Mōtītī Island hosted a fly-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic and the Bay of Plenty DHB shared these pictures 

Less kindness means far more rough sleepers on Wellington streets this time round then last year’s lockdown, says the nurse practitioner lead of a general practice working with the city’s homeless

A GENERAL PRACTICE IS still being sought for Rolleston’s new $14.7 million health hub.

Tweaking registration requirements for overseas GPs is being considered by the Medical Council after general practice leaders voiced concerns with the current system.