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A man with a family history of prostate cancer received inadequate management from three doctors over two years for his abnormal screening test results, says deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell 

Primary care needs to “get on and build the future”, and not hope for the health reforms to provide answers, says veteran of the sector, John Macaskill-Smith

A husband-and-wife specialist GP team bought out by Third Age Health are looking forward to a break after COVID-19’s closed borders shut out their usual relief locums

Capitation funding is being reviewed as part of the response to the Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 2575 claim findings, confirms Martin Hefford, interim Lead Localities and Commissioning for interim Health New Zealand

Double-vaccinated siblings were infected with COVID-19 on a visit to the UK late last year and tested positive again two months later in New Zealand

Capitation funding is being reviewed as part of the response to the Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 2575 claim findings, confirms Martin Hefford, interim Lead Localities and Commissioning for interim Health New Zealand

Double-vaccinated siblings were infected with COVID-19 on a visit to the UK late last year and tested positive again two months later in New Zealand

Medsafe has approved the first of two antiviral COVID-19 treatments suitable for community use, but the earliest availability is next month

A husband-and-wife specialist GP team bought out by Third Age Health are looking forward to a break after COVID-19’s closed borders shut out their usual relief locums