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Intense early winter pressure on primary care and hospitals has shone a spotlight back on the closure of a popular overnight service  

The General Practice Owners As­sociation has begun signing up practices to represent them in pay talks with New Zealand’s main nurses’ union

The General Practice Owners As­sociation has begun signing up practices to represent them in pay talks with New Zealand’s main nurses’ union

The average general practice copayment has risen to the point where many people can’t afford it, says retired specialist GP Peter Moodie

The sustainability of general prac­tice was scrutinised at the GP CME conference in Rotorua this month, but delegates had no satisfying answers to take back to their workplac­es

Specialist GP GARY WU took some convincing before he was willing to learn the tricks of the practice owner­ship trade

When Bryan Betty was first no­tified, by email, that he was to be honoured in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, he thought it must be spam and wanted to delete the email

Third age health services has secured a $3 million loan facility and already begun using it within the gen­eral practice market

The general practice workforce crisis is making it harder to find placements for medical students’ training 

Inflation will eventually squeeze general practice profits and Budget 2022 could make inflation worse, says Grant Thornton business advisory partner Pam Newlove