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General Practice NZ and Te Whatu Ora are joining forces to conduct a survey of practice managers to get their feedback on the ailing GP2GP system. 

An ambulance call-handler who incorrectly entered critical details regarding a teenage girl’s condition during an asthma attack failed to provide an appropriate standard of care, the HDC has found

Minister and chief executive have their say on Government's cost-cutting expectations

Plans to boost health funding have been signalled by finance minister Nicola Willis in a pre-Budget speech this morning 

Te Aka Whai Ora chief medical officer Rawiri McKree Jansen says he is returning to general practice after resigning from the soon-to-be disestablished Māori Health Authority

A Te Whatu Ora 2023/24 savings target of $1–2 billion highlighted during a parliamentary select committee hearing in February was a typo according to the health agency which has since corrected the error

Stephen Forbes takes a look at the findings of a new report on aged care which calls for a total rethink on the funding of home and community-support services and the provision of aged residential care

Finding $105 million in savings by July is going to be difficult for public hospitals says a long-serving health official speaking to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Medsafe is aware an online drug retailer is offering Kiwi consumers a drug, reserved for type-2 diabetics, for weight loss with no prescription required

A Wellington barrister who specialises in medicolegal cases says creating an appeal process for Health and Disability Commissioner decisions would add unnecessary costs and delays to the resolution of cases