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Hawke’s Bay DHB is considering a proposal to disestablish the role of chief medical officer primary care

Health staff under management pres­sure have lied about how long patients stay in emergency departments, ac­cording to the strongest evidence yet on the regular rorting of government health targets

Health staff under management pres­sure have lied about how long patients stay in emergency departments, ac­cording to the strongest evidence yet on the regular rorting of government health targets

New Zealand has scored barely over the halfway mark in a new international test of countries’ preparedness for a disease pandemic

The cooperative company that manages ProCare Health, New Zealand’s largest PHO with about 800,000 enrolled patients, is dipping its toe into medical centre ownership for the first time

Auckland GPs Francesco Lentini and Jan White have held onto their board seats at ProCare Network Ltd

Medical students who went on holiday during overseas elective placements will go before a powerful Medical Council review panel next week which will rule on their professional futures

Wairoa will be served by a sole general practice after the DHB’s primary care clinic in the town closes on 1 December 

Euthanasia bill expected to pass in Parliament tonight; next vote, the referendum 

Ministry mulls halving notification for lead exposure after new evidence of harm emerges