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Few Napier general practices have reopened but the situation appears somewhat better for Tairāwhiti practices and Northland’s are nearly ‘business as usual’ 

Concerns raised over the accuracy of an RNZCGP position statement on nurse practitioners have led to the paper being withdrawn today less than 24 hours after its release 

People not enrolled in a general practice are more likely than enrolled patients to die early of a preventable condition, a Victoria University study has found

People not enrolled in a general practice are more likely than enrolled patients to die early of a preventable condition, a Victoria University study has found

FIONA CASSIE reports on just-released advice that led to general practices being left out from last year’s nurse pay parity funding package. Plus, the lack of a government plan to roll out this year’s new pay equity rates beyond Te Whatu Ora nurses

Former health minister Andrew Little had no plan for rolling out new pay equity rates beyond public hospital nurses, despite warnings the pay rises will strain primary and community care

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

An emergency call has gone out for doctors and nurses to help staff a temporary emergency department at the GP-owned Napier Health Centre as flooding makes access to the main ED in Hastings unsafe 

Dunedin Urgent Doctors has had to close patient queues or implement a “no doctor” policy on occasion this summer due to doctor shortages that are hitting services nationally 

He Waka Tapu, a long-established Christchurch Māori health provider, now owns and operates a fast-growing general practice and is drawing on COVID-19 service profits to subsidise patient fees