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Virtual consult packs – including webcams  are being sent out to all Pegasus Health practices and being offered to the other Canterbury PHOs, says Pegasus chief executive Vince Barry

The speedy response by WellSouth nurses, pharmacists and others to set up and swab 150 Logan Park High School students and staff in a day has been praised by director-general Ashley Bloomfield. 

Repurposing drugs, like antimalarial chloroquine, has potential for treating COVID-19 but an Otago antiviral researcher says GPs should err on the side of caution until trial data is available

DHBs are considering how much to provide to general practice to cover increasing costs – amid a dispute on how much it would take to get practice nurses to the same salary as DHB nurses

The first hint things were different was the seating at the funeral chapel. The chairs were separated out with a uniform, “social-distancing” gap

Temperature checks for visitors and staff are in place at all Ryman Healthcare villages which are also now restricting guests to essential visits only

Requests to tour Wellington’s newly opened Ropata Health, the country’s most sophisticated quake-proof medical centre, are proving popular

It’s time for the Government to stop talking and start funding the extra workload and risk COVID-19 is creating for primary health, says Primary Health Alliance chair Angus Chambers

At any one time, about 10,000 people reside in prisons in New Zealand, says Corrections’ clinical director for the southern region, Jill Thomson

Out of the tragedy of the March 15 mosque shootings has come a warm alliance between Christchurch’s new Muslim community health workforce and their kaupapa Māori provider home