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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 practice may get some pay “disparities” funding for nurses from 1 July but this is not aimed at matching yesterday’s historic pay increase for public hospital nurses, says health minister Ayesha Verrall

A proposal to get the stalled primary care funding talks restarted is being worked on following a General Practice Leaders Forum discussion about the current impasse 

Nurse practitioner leaders object to the RNZCGP’s updated position statement on the NP role, saying it still misses the mark in reflecting NPs’ scope of practice

Nearly a million dollars in rural primary care subsidies was shared among five of West Coast PHO’s seven practices in 2021/22

Pharmac needs to work harder on getting feedback from general practice on the impact of its drug-buying decisions, says GP leader Bryan Betty

Some newly registered nurse practitioners will be funded to provide 30-minute consultations in general practice

The new health system presents genuine opportunities for organisations like Waitaha Primary Health with deep community connections, says chief executive Bill Eschenbach in the 2022 annual report

Work is under way between the RNZCGP and Nurse Practitioners New Zealand after nurse practitioners raised concerns raised about a position paper on their profession

Fiona Cassie updates on a change-of-hands process involving Christchurch general practice and social care