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Two new general practices were due to launch in Invercargill this month aiming to cater for un­met need in the city

A surgeon got the timing wrong when she told a patient about removing their tummy button during hernia surgery. Fiona Cassie reports

Nurse leaders are not sure if yesterday’s ministerial announcement means all nurse practitioner trainees will now have their training fully funded  

Rural pay parity, a rural medical degree and embedding sustainable working hours are among key points in a rural workforce plan released by the Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network 

Struggling rural general practices are to be offered a tailored telehealth service this spring after a “sprint” team was given $4 million and just six weeks to come up with options

Conference-going GPs applauded Ashley Bloomfield and appreciated his candour and humour. Fiona Cassie reports 

GPs’ “despair” and the need for urgent action was acknowledged by health minister Andrew Little in a conciliatory speech to delegates at the RNZCGP conference today 

New data show nurses are prescribing almost exactly the same medicines as their medical colleagues

The General Practice Owners Association has been caught off guard by another entity stepping up to represent practices in talks on nurse pay

New data show nurses are prescribing almost exactly the same medicines as their medical colleagues