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General practice leaders have told health minister Ayesha Verrall the sector’s “feedback of despondency” is largely due to lack of meaningful engagement from Te Whatu Ora 

Nursing leaders wanted the Government to invest more in Budget 2023 to address the nursing workforce crisis and build primary care 

Today’s Budget leaves the general practice sector feeling once again under-resourced and unsupported, says practice owners’ lead Tim Malloy 

September is the target date for the final push in the $38 million health IT project to replace the National Immunisation Register

Fiona Cassie meets rural practice nurses taking time out to don theatre scrubs to work with the country’s mobile surgical unit

A Te Whatu Ora offer to general practices of a 5 per cent funding uplift is being described as “nowhere near enough” and likely to worsen underfunding challenges 

Fiona Cassie meets rural practice nurses taking time out to don theatre scrubs to work with the country’s mobile surgical unit

September is the target date for the final push in the $38 million health IT project to replace the National Immunisation Register

Just over half of New Zealand general practices responded to Te Whatu Ora’s controversial survey of nurses’ pay 

A positive evaluation shows between 4-23 per cent of patients from a WellSouth practices sample had a warm handover to a health improvement practitioner or health coach in the previous year