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General practice leaders still seek funding to match new hospital nurse pay rates for their nurses despite health minister Ayesha Verrall signalling the aim is to reduce, and not remove, pay gaps

An aged-care leader says his resthome business is one of many in the red after paying nurses more to avoid losing them to public hospitals

Te Whatu Ora is to start paying capitation at equity-adjusted rates next month, but the new approach had not been signed off by top officials by press time

General practices keen to host an overseas-trained junior doctor outnumbered the places on offer in a trial of a primary care pathway to full registration

Both New Zealand’s medical schools declined in the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject 

A Gisborne practice is cancelling routine appointments tomorrow afternoon to process a document dump that jammed its inbox due to a Te Whatu Ora error 

North Canterbury’s first after-hours clinic was mooted to open in late 2021 but it is now likely to be in 2025. Fiona Cassie reports

General practices keen to host an overseas-trained junior doctor outnumbered the places on offer in a trial of a primary care pathway to full registration 

Sign-off is still needed for Te Whatu Ora to begin paying targeted capitation equity adjustments in April and start implementing comprehensive care teams before 30 June, a primary care hui heard last night 

The 2022 Budget's equity adjustments to primary care funding are expected to reach providers from next month