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Check out these photos from Shorecare’s 50th anniversary event  

Patrice Dougan finds practices’ need for speed and some recompense is prompting charges for patients using portals

The loss of Rob Campbell as Te Whatu Ora board chair has some in the primary sector worried about his successor

In what has been dubbed the worst storm in a century, Cyclone Gabrielle pummelled the country last month. Patrice Dougan looks back at how primary care coped with a national emergency amid power and communication blackouts

A public policy expert says she is looking to the Budget in May for major action on primary care funding

Patrice Dougan finds practices’ need for speed and some recompense is prompting charges for patients using portals

In what has been dubbed the worst storm in a century, Cyclone Gabrielle pummelled the country last month. Patrice Dougan looks back at how primary care coped with a national emergency amid power and communication blackouts

People displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle can access free primary healthcare – here’s how 

A public policy expert says she is looking to the Budget in May for major action on primary care funding

Pasifika Medical Association’s Debbie Sorensen tells Patrice Dougan about the organisation’s growth and its five-year contract to provide healthcare to Pacific Island nations