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South Link Health Services has been given the nod by Canterbury DHB to build and run a seven-day, integrated family health centre in Rangiora

Five general practices in Otago, Southland and Canterbury were surveyed on their use of the OpenNotes feature of the ManageMyHealth portal.

An on-again, off-again, $20 million multistorey health clinic for Queenstown is back on, as developers seek consent for an integrated family health centre “on steroids"

After labouring with their partners over Labour Weekend the new owners of Greymouth’s Coastal Health practice - four nurses and a practice manager - are now proudly in their new purpose-built centre

The final scheduled meeting for the group that negotiates general practice funding has been cancelled as the agenda was to light to justify it going ahead, PSAAP chair Neil Stiles says

Colourful handmade sleeves for people with dementia or delirium to stroke, pluck and pat are being trialled as a calming tool in Christchurch hospitals and homes
 

Ensuring national consistency on the new Planned Care approach to devolving DHB-funded services to primary care is on next month’s PSAAP meeting agenda – including keeping services free

GPs appear likely to lose the ability to charge patients copayments for DHB-funded services shifted from secondary to primary care

GPs appear likely to lose the ability to charge patients copayments for DHB-funded services shifted from secondary to primary care

Colourful handmade sleeves for people with dementia or delirium to stroke, pluck and pat are being trialled as a calming tool in Christchurch hospitals and homes