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Roundtable primary care funding talks have been in limbo for eight months amid a dispute about who represents general practice owners on the negotiating group

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

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

Roundtable primary care funding talks have been in limbo for eight months amid a dispute about who represents general practice owners on the negotiating group

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

Some aspects of free primary care model still under negotiation for practices in cyclone-ravaged regions

Hawke’s Bay general practices are pleased a request to Te Whatu Ora to fund free services to the Cyclone Gabrielle hit region has been backed but concerns remain about capacity 

Money announced in last May’s Budget for equity adjustments to primary care funding is now expected to be paid out starting April 

Marlborough PHO ended the 2021/22 year with a clean slate of neither surplus or deficit after a memorable and challenging year, says its annual report

A call to use pandemic locum funding to support Cyclone Gabrielle-hit rural and urban practices will be made by Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network at a meeting with Te Whatu Ora tomorrow