One of the West Coast’s few independent general practices ended a tough 2023 by moving into a new building, employing a new permanent GP and taking on a new name, Kawatiri Health
Fiona Cassie looks at the lead-up to the eleventh-hour allocation of new immunisation funding for general practices offered in the wake of the widening of infant vax providers to community pharmacies
Fiona Cassie looks at the lead-up to the eleventhhour allocation of new immunisation funding for general practices offered in the wake of the widening of infant vax providers to community pharmacies
The growth in nurse practitioners has prompted the profession’s national body to release its first position statement on the NP role, says Nurse Practitioners New Zealand incoming chair Chelsea Willmott
One of the pillars of Canterbury’s internationally acclaimed ‘whole of system’ health approach is to close next month. Fiona Cassie reports on the closure of the Canterbury Clinical Network
One of the West Coast’s few independent general practices ended a tough 2023 by moving into a new building, employing a new permanent GP and taking on a new name, Kawatiri Health
Te Whatu Ora wants WellSouth PHO and Invercargill GPs to come up with a stop-gap after-hours service for Invercargill before the plug is pulled on the existing service at Easter
Short staffing at the new Te Whatu Ora health facility in Westport forced it to close its acute services for a weekend last month and is causing long waits for routine GP appointments
An overnight announcement of new funding to support general practices in precalling and recalling babies for immunisations is being welcomed as a step in the right direction by GP leaders
GP leaders are frustrated and “extraordinarily” disappointed at today’s decision to ignore advice that only general practices should deliver six-week infant vaccinations
