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It will not help the viral pneumonia caused by COVID-19. But it could help people with lowered immunity from getting a secondary bacterial infection (before or after infection with COVID-19) 

Canterbury GPs may be asked to code “flu” and “COVID-19” consultations this winter so the region can harvest daily data from patient management systems on respiratory illness trends.

Practice nurses on social media say a 4.5 per cent pay offer spread over two years is “utterly disappointing”, “a joke” and “disrespectful”

Seeking a third general practice to open in Rolleston in a new $14.7 million health hub is labelled premature 

Wanaka or Cromwell are the likely two site options for a new primary birthing unit to meet the fast-growing area’s needs, says Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming

It was two years before nurse-led clinic founder Annette Milligan could draw a pay cheque and give up her day job

Letters inviting the first patient referrals for free colonoscopies will soon be on the way to all southern general practices, says Southland Charity Hospital chair Murray Pfiefer

A two-metre-high billboard glowing “Coronavirus” in large letters is not the greeting jet-lagged travellers want to see when arriving home to Auckland Airport

It was two years before nurse-led clinic founder Annette Milligan could draw a pay cheque and give up her day job

An “overarching failure” of Department of Corrections’ health services in their care of a woman on remand has been criticised by deputy health and disability commissioner Kevin Allan