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Thousands of people are receiving letters from Te Whatu Ora as part of a nationwide review of elective surgery waiting lists

A programme designed to attract graduate GPs to work in rural and regional locations needs to be expanded to include existing experienced doctors

An increase in the trustee tax rate announced in Budget 2023 could hit some doctors in primary healthcare

The country’s biggest medical laboratory company has dropped the idea of moving some services out of MedLab South in Nelson, but is not commenting on other plans

Almost 7 per cent of emergency department patients at Middlemore Hospital are leaving before being treated 

A project to upgrade Middlemore Hospital’s ED resuscitation rooms is their first major revamp in 23 years

A south Auckland GP says Pharmac funding of continuous glucose monitors is a “no brainer” and could improve the quality of life for thousands of people with type 1 diabetes 

Thousands of people will receive letters from Te Whatu Ora from Wednesday as part of a nationwide review of the country’s elective surgery waiting lists 

New Zealand’s ongoing healthcare workforce shortages and reliance on overseas-trained healthcare workers were on the table at Te Whatu Ora’s latest board meeting 

Software that speeds up the process for GPs and other health practitioners to refer people to specialists gets to six million mark