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The idea of rural health training hubs popped out of one minister’s conference speech notes, languished on another minister’s desk, and has now been passed along to Health NZ 

It’s more than a decade ago now, but my legs seem to have retained a vivid memory of what they did immediately after they were swept off a submerged boulder in a swift Rakaia River

"Backbone” services for the health reforms’ pilot localities are being formed and, in Horowhenua, will be provided by the local iwi and PHO

General practice and GPs are virtually invisible in Budget 2022, as is increasingly the case in government discourse about healthcare, says RNZCGP president Sam Murton 

Funding for Māori health in Budget 2022 has met with approval from the National Hauora Coalition’s clinical director Rawiri McKree Jansen 

Pandemic-related border restrictions are behind delays to financial reporting by agencies and businesses, including in primary care

Two specialist GPs are on a taskforce appointed to tackle the blown-out public hospital waiting lists for planned care

The RNZCGP has banked “solid” investment returns in the year ended 31 March, following the “phenomenal” returns in the previous year

"Backbone” services for the health reforms’ pilot localities are being formed and, in Horowhenua, will be provided by the local iwi and PHO

Pandemic-related border restrictions are behind delays to financial reporting by agencies and businesses, including in primary care