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General Practice NZ and Te Whatu Ora are engaging in an “extensive” process to design the future of PHOs, GPNZ chair Bryan Betty says

The Coalition Government has tabled its bill to scrap Labour’s three-stage change to smokefree law, but hasn’t revealed what new policies it will adopt

Details are expected “within the next couple of weeks” on National’s pre-election promise of a $10-per-patient immunisation-incentive payment for general practices

Te Whatu Ora immunisation letter to PHOs asks for children under five to be recalled

On a November afternoon, the new chief executive of Te Aho o Te Kahu – Cancer Control Agency was confronted with a packed emergency department

An audit of young people’s mental health services has found the growing waiting lists for specialist care are hampering access to primary care

Te Whatu Orahas allowed 25 practices to switch to the National Hauora Coalition PHO and left the door ajar to 29 more it has prevented from making the change

Declining practice profitability has been highlighted in a significant report by General Practice NZ on the sector’s sustainability

A “flagship” programme to build multidisciplinary general practice teams with more than 500 new staff will end not long after it has been widely implemented, a disappointed PHO clinical director says

Government health authorities have warned health minister Shane Reti of a series of funding and other problems in general practice and wider primary care that need to be addressed urgently