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

RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty was stunned when notified he was being appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 

The body that oversees Auckland’s integrated primary mental health and addiction service is pushing for registered counsellors to be allowed to work as health improvement practitioners 

Hawke's Bay practices that lost a regional contract for free care of young people won’t be billed when their patients attend elsewhere, but concerns remain.

In a last-minute change, the Government has added a requirement for a rural health strategy to its health reform bill 

Talks over the annual capitation funding increase have broken down, with general practice leaders saying the 3 per cent offer will “threaten services” 

A Green Cross Health leader welcomes Budget funding for health IT but is frustrated by lack of movement on primary care nurse pay equity 

In the face of potential financial collapse, NZMA members have voted strongly in favour of liquidating the association 

Health minister Andrew Little is standing by his call for new, more effective business models in primary care, despite claims he has insulted the sector

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