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Auckland urgent care clinics frustrated with DHBs expecting them to fill the COVID swabbing gap at weekends – with no extra funding

GPs fear primary maternity services notice review may reduce and “dumb down” their role in antenatal care

Merle Samuels recalls as a child waiting one day with her mother in the doctor’s surgery. Time and again, patients who had arrived after them got called in to see the GP before they did

Proposals for an urgent care health hub in central Dunedin and a community “wellness” health hub for the city are likely to go to market before the end of the year 

Pegasus Health, based in the biggest city without fluoridated water, believes the director-general of health not DHBs or councils should decide on fluoridation 

Donald Trump is not out of the woods yet but his medley of COVID-19 treatments – including the antibody cocktail – may have potential, says Otago antiviral researcher Kurt Krause

A $2 a week per-family subscription covering all doctor or nurse visits is proving popular with patients but not some competing providers, says Whanau Ora Community Clinic co-owner and director George Ngatai

General practices are receiving a share of a one-off $3.4 million boost aimed at supporting them with telehealth 

Southern Cross Health has reported an increased surplus in a year in which GP and specialist claims declined, but surgical claims rose slightly

Pegasus Health general practices on Medtech32 will be asked to sign up to new contracts, as the PHO ends its long-standing master services agreement with the vendor