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Population health at the heart of mahi for primary care disruptor

Practice prioritises open books over after-hours on call

The national shortage of GPs is biting down hard. Martin Johnston reports on an effort under way in rural Taranaki to stabilise and develop general practice

Public release of a paper on primary care funding has fallen down the slippery slope of “soon”

Five years after primary care was promised a review of its funding, a review report may soon be considered by the board of Te Whatu Ora 

ED referrals for non-acute/non-urgent heart ultrasound testing to be routed through general practice in Taranaki because of hospital staff shortage 

In which we provide a short fix of reform news as we find it, to keep everyone in the loop 

The creation of new central health agency Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand on 1 July saw it acquire a workforce of around 80,000 people working in the public health system from day one.

Health sector advisory and leadership firm Francis Health is merging with Deloitte 

If the promise of the health reforms is to materialise, primary and community care must be given a much bigger share of Vote Health funding, says newly retired health leader and reform official Helen Parker