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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

People with “a bit of a runny nose” or sore throat should stay home from work or school, Ministry of Health director-general Ashley Bloomfield emphasised today as he stepped up social distancing advice in response to Covid-19.

Southern GPs can refer patients for free colonoscopies thanks to a new charitable service, but Southern DHB is keen to rebuild GP confidence in its own referral process