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More than 723,000 New Zealanders were dispensed opioids in the past year, according to education provider He Ako Hiringa

GenPro chair Angus Chambers has dubbed the newly launched human papillomavirus screening test “postcode medicine” due to major differences in how it is funded from region to region

Te Whatu ora is putting the finishing touches on a New Zealand population health study that will include data on some of the biggest issues facing the country

Lady Tureiti Moxon is a veteran advocate for Māori health and is the managing director of Hamilton-headquartered provider Te Kōhao Health. Lady Tureiti also chairs the National Urban Māori Authority.

Christchurch specialist GP Vanessa Weenink will be a familiar face to many GPs. Dr Weenink was deputy chair of the NZMA and chair of its GP Council before the organisation folded last year.

About 300 workers from national telehealth services provider Whakarongorau Aotearoa will go on strike for 24 hours from Sunday after rejecting their employer’s latest pay offer

An editorial in today’s New Zealand Medical Journal is calling for greater use of point-of-care testing technology by GPs and other health providers to improve patient records

Workers from national telehealth services provider Whakarongorau Aotearoa could walk off the job on Sunday if the latest offer from the company fails to break a deadlock in talks

The National Party has finally released its health manifesto, Better Health Outcomes, a 20-page paper setting out some of its new policies, as well as proposals it has already campaigned on