The flu season is getting underway at the same time as high levels of COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory illnesses in a virus soup. It is making for a complex winter, says ESR virologist Sue Huang
GPs are being encouraged to diary their winter workload for a week this June as the next step in a project to build an evidence-based picture of what is a safe and sustainable patient load
A proposal to scrap the ACC funding barrier hindering general practices from employing paramedics to deliver PRIME and injury treatment services is warmly welcomed by rural providers
Two working groups were hurriedly created this month in the lead-up to the 1 July annual capitation increase that is being awaited with “considerable pessimism” by primary care leaders
An ongoing severe shortage of oestradiol patches has a Napier GP calling for an interim Special Authority to prescribe subsidised gels for high-risk women hit by the inconsistent supplies
Family connections in fastgrowing Wānaka helped prompt the decision to open a start-up general practice in the centre of the holiday town, says Oamaru specialist GP Andrew Wilson
The Government remains firmly on the fence over committing to funding the primary care nursing pay equity claim in the wake of a union challenge to honour a pre-election promise
King Charles is stepping into his father’s shoes as patron of the UK’s Royal College of GPs, but the RNZCGP is continuing with governor-general Dame Cindy Kiro
The coverage of the pay equity claim for general practice and urgent care nurses and admin staff is doubling to cover virtually all 1000 primary care worksites
WellSouth Primary Health Network’s operating revenue dipped in 2023 as COVID-19 funding declined, but ended the financial year with its operating surplus up more than a million to $2.6 million
