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The number of overseas doctors and nurses registering in New Zealand in 2022 to date is up on last year, and incoming nurse numbers are on track to be higher than pre-pandemic

In our 9 November edition, Fiona Cassie sought out progress on the yet-to-bereleased capitation review report. A subsequent response from Te Whatu Ora falls short of clarity, she writes

Helped by COVID-19 contracts, Nelson Bays Primary Health made a $766,000 surplus in 2021/22 – its first surplus in three years

Hastings Health Centre is the umbrella general practice home for 24 practices serving 33,500 patients. Fiona Cassie delves into the nuts and bolts of the clinician-owned mega practice

GPs’ estimates of the cost of nurse pay parity have been challenged by the health minister in the wake of yesterday’s launch of a petition seeking urgent Government action on funding and workforce 

In a rare move, general practices are seeking signatures from patients to a petition calling for immediate Government action on the workforce and underfunding crisis hitting the sector. 

The unprecedented pressure on general practices from COVID-19 coupled with health-reform uncertainty was acknowledged in the annual report of one of the country’s smaller PHOs 

GP leaders are shocked to learn the number of specialist GPs practising in the country grew by only 15 in the past year 

The still under-wraps capitation review report helps clarify the “shortcomings of the current capitation formula”, says Te Whatu Ora 

Fiona Cassie reports the review of capitation funding appears to have got caught up in discussions about new arrangements for the broader primary and community care sector