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THINK Hauora chair Bruce Stewart has lauded the advances in the organisation’s use of technology to communicate with its MidCentral primary care network

The idea of “postcode healthcare” is a kind of political memory prompt. It reminds voters of how bad they felt when dear Aunt Mabel had to wait years for her knee replacement at Dunedin Hospital

Once pitched as a guidebook for localities, “a guidebook of sorts” is being developed to help localities organise themselves 

COVID-19 in primary care should have a more targeted approach, says Te Whatu Ora. Martin Johnston finds out what this means

Officials are preparing advice for health minister Ayesha Verrall on the next steps in the bid by physician associates to become a regulated health profession 

Bryan Betty says Te Whatu Ora should have fixed capitation’s problems first, before sharply reducing COVID care funding 

COVID-19 in primary care should have a more targeted approach, says Te Whatu Ora. Martin Johnston finds out what this means 

Landings and launchings can be the trickiest of times for paddlers – and sometimes for their landlubber assistants too

Hawke’s Bay clinicians have described what they say is the first reported case of COVID-associated bilateral anterior necrotising scleritis, a serious eye condition, in a double-vaccinated patient 

New health minister Ayesha Verrall had barely started her new job before calling up people in the sector – and getting a good response