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The long-awaited primary care funding review report didn’t make it to the latest Te Whatu Ora board meeting and timing of its release remains unclear

As Jenny Carryer retires from the College of Nurses Aotearoa after three decades of leadership and lobbying, she talks to Fiona Cassie about wins, near-misses and frustrations of the job

Our updated general practice ownership map reflects a surge in GPs selling to corporate and other networks, but, at the same time, some GPs are keeping skin in the game. Fiona Cassie reports

Purchases by corporate and other ownership networks have stepped up in the past 18 months with more than 40 medical centres going fully or partially into network ownership. That is about three times the number of transactions that went through in the 2020 calendar year

Purchases by corporate and other ownership networks have stepped up in the past 18 months with more than 40 medical centres going fully or partially into network ownership. That is about three times the number of transactions that went through in the 2020 calendar year

Our updated general practice ownership map reflects a surge in GPs selling to corporate and other networks, but, at the same time, some GPs are keeping skin in the game. Fiona Cassie reports

As Jenny Carryer retires from the College of Nurses Aotearoa after three decades of leadership and lobbying, she talks to Fiona Cassie about wins, near-misses and frustrations of the job

Nelson’s Medical and Injury Centre is winding down its linked Very Low Cost Access general practice to concentrate on offering after-hours and urgent care only

To make recruiting overseas GPs easier, Marlborough PHO has become the employer of migrant GPs for some of its practices, says chief executive Beth Tester

Funding support and a change of mindset from general practices and Te Whatu Ora managers is needed to meet the localities vision, health researcher Tim Tenbensel says