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

A surgeon got the timing wrong when she told patient communication about removing their tummy button during hernia surgery 

Publicity about a nurse leader’s frustration at the rejection of an urgent call to boost nurse practitioner trainee funding led to a phone call today from the country’s new health leader 

Taranaki partnership ‘banking’ on recruiting more GPs

A new birthing and antenatal unit has opened in Rolleston’s health hub but no general practice has yet signed up for a place within the $14.7 million facility

Rural health’s inclusion in the pae ora health reforms legislation is hailed as a first win for the new Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network. Fiona Cassie finds out more about the new single voice for rural health

A new birthing and antenatal unit has opened in Rolleston’s health hub but no general practice has yet signed up for a place within the $14.7 million facility

Data have emerged showing a steep decline in recent decades in the proportion of the coun­try’s doctors who work in general prac­tice settings

Taranaki partnership ‘banking’ on recruiting more GPs

 Reporter Fiona Cassie finds a Taranaki general practice partnership planning for a bigger future

To be honoured for 30 years’ dedication to nursing, health and Māori is “not bad for someone who failed her nursing final exam first time around”, says Margareth Broodkoorn