More than 180 flu cases have presented at Dunedin Hospital’s emergency department in the past 20 days, says Southern DHB medical officer of health Michael Butchard
Budget 2022: Nurses working in general practice and for iwi and Māori providers will be “devastated” and continue to feel undervalued after yesterday’s Budget, say nurse leaders
Budget 2022: How the $12.75 million budgeted next year for “equity adjustment” in primary care funding will be allocated is still unclear, says General Practice New Zealand chief executive Maura Thompson.
The failure of the Budget to invest in sustainable general practice is an insult and puts the public at risk, says General Practice Owners Association chair Tim Malloy
Nurse practitioner frustration with prescribing and funding issues were acknowledged, but no quick answers were offered in chief nursing officer Lorraine Hetaraka’s address to their national conference this morning
The first medicinal cannabis clinic to open outside of Auckland is one of a growing number of niche providers dedicated to prescribing legal cannabis products
Primary care leaders want to see the Budget this month address record inflation, close the nurses’ pay gap, continue investment in Māori health, and signal a new primary care funding system
