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Uncertainty about PHOs' role in the long term hasn’t deterred two Canterbury general practices from seeking to change PHOs this year

I confess, as a North Islander, it took me a little while to warm to my adopted city but, after 25-plus years, I’m now the clichéd one-eyed Cantabrian

Hokianga Health chief executive and former chief nursing officer Margareth Broodkoorn has been honoured for her work including mentoring and supporting Māori nurses across New Zealand 

Nurse practitioners are frustrated they are not at the table where the new health system is being planned, says their lead, Sandra Oster 

General practice owners are saying “enough is enough” and are ready to take a stand after rejecting yesterday’s 3 per cent capitation increase as unsustainable, says general practice leader Tim Malloy

The proportion of doctors working in general practice has dropped for the first time to just a quarter of the medical workforce, the Medical Council’s 2021 Workforce Survey shows 

Tomorrow, the likely capitation funding increase for general practices will be discussed, but the word is out that it falls far short of meeting inflation and nurse pay-parity cost pressures 

An injection of health-reform cash saved many a general practice from collapse nearly two decades ago, Larry Jordan recalls

A new fast track to residency should help overseas GPs wanting to work and live in New Zealand, but leaves nurses on a slower side road

A new fast track to residency should help overseas GPs wanting to work and live in New Zealand, but leaves nurses on a slower side road