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“Having good sleep will keep the mind and body fitter for whatever challenges you face the following day.”

The COVID-19 threat to general practice viability has brought forward the launch of a new organisation representing general practice owners’ interests, says its interim chair Tim Malloy

Keeping general practice clinician-owned and operated is a major motivation for ProCare’s new Exchange “matchmaking” service that brings together practice sellers and potential buyers

Cancelled sports and closed workplaces has caused a steep drop in urgent clinic income, leading to a case being prepared for Government assistance, says urgent clinic co-owner Angus Chambers

The COVID-19 threat to general practice viability has brought forward the launch of a new organisation representing general practice owners, says its interim chair Tim Malloy 

An RNZCGP survey confirms many GPs struggling and some lost jobs as the sector awaits next week’s Cabinet decision on about $10 million a week in lockdown relief funding

The isolated East Coast’s first rural COVID-19 community testing centre is opening in Te Puia tomorrow as part of Ngati Porou Hauora’s “No. 8 wire” response to the crisis 

The “new normal” will see the first official annual funding talks for primary care still going ahead tomorrow but online, and with COVID-19 high on the agenda 

COVID-19 funding of $15 million is being paid to general practices this week – and the DHBs and Ministry of Health are backing calls for a further $10 million a week support during the lockdown 

A singalong hymn is how Suli Tuitaupe is closing his phone consults with clients since COVID-19 forced the Pasifika mobile community nurse to swap his car for a phone