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Martin Johnston looks at the latest episode in the long-running saga of localities – the promised land for primary care or merely a mythical oasis?

Cocaine use is up significantly in New Zealand, while use of MDMA and methamphetamine are down slightly, according to a new report from the Drug Foundation

A government report has for the first time comprehensively acknowledged the financial and workforce crisis in general practice

Cybersecurity has improved at practices in the Tū Ora Compass network that have completed cybersecurity testing, according to the group’s 2023 annual report

Talks are under way to merge the three practices serving South Wairarapa over coming months, under Latitude Health

Tū Ora Compass Health takes pride in fostering clinician ownership and minimising the entry of corporates into its general practice network

Topics at yesterday’s General Practice Leaders Forum meeting discussed vaccination funding, general practice sustainability and proposed changes to the constitution of the sector’s official funding talks forum

The political pendulum has swung back in favour of a small number of health targets with set percentages to aim for

Pharmacists will be the predominant part of the government-funded Comprehensive Primary and Community Team work in the southern part of Tasman district, southwest of Nelson City

People in New Zealand are consuming more cocaine and less MDMA and meth, according to report bringing together several strands of research