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More people watched warily from cars than attended Raglan’s early rural outreach marae clinics

The general practice crisis in the Far North has forced Kaitaia Hospital to coordinate and fund a primary care after-hours service on site for the past year

Reporter Fiona Cassie provides updates on recent developments at PSAAP as the primary care negotiations vehicle edges towards engagement

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

Reporter Fiona Cassie provides updates on recent developments at PSAAP as the primary care negotiations vehicle edges towards engagement

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

Just over 520 general practices took up the option of nominating an agent to be their voice at tomorrow’s contract forum talks under the lobbied for new representation process

Salvation for the “broken” rural emergency health service is some time away with a Te Whatu Ora official telling a national workshop a potential funding bid is likely for Budget 2025

A push is under way for isolated rural general practices and clinicians to join other emergency responders in accessing a boosted mobile phone and broadband service by the end of 2024

Salvation for the “broken” rural emergency health service is some time away with a Te Whatu Ora official telling a national workshop a potential funding bid is likely for Budget 2025