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Reporter Martin Johnston takes a look at how targeting by ethnicity was driven out of policies

An iwi Māori partnership board wants a new analysis of emergency department presentations to evaluate the effects of poor access to primary care

The financial fragility of general practice is mounting up for the Kumeu Village Medical Centre in northwest Auckland, with a growing range of splints being applied to help it limp through 

Financial instability, recruitment woes, burnout, after-hours and urgent-care withdrawals – it’s all there in the disturbing findings of the latest General Practice NZ survey 

The vaccination rate has declined for children aged two years, according to quarterly government Health Targets data published today

The sole general practice in the Nelson suburb of Stoke is expanding into the neighbouring area of Richmond

Golden Bay, at the top of the South Island, has lost a specialist GP who had become part of the community after previously establishing a practice on the West Coast

Golden Bay, at the top of the South Island, has lost a specialist GP who had become part of the community after previously establishing a practice on the West Coast

General Practice Owners Association hopes the legal action it has begun against Te Whatu Ora under the Fair Trading Act will result in the establishment of fair contracts

Free GP consults have been revoked from some Māori and Pacific young people in Hawke’s Bay in the crackdown against pro-equity policies based on ethnicity by health minister Shane Reti and his Coalition Government