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Telehealth can support greater equity as long as patients are provided choice and can get to know their clinician, telehealth advocate and specialist GP Janine Bycroft says

 Ashwin and Shila Patel have the best of town and country practice, writes editor Barbara Fountain

 Not everyone can be a geek, so Richard Medlicott is taking on the role of health IT columnist for New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

The Fono’s new regional office in Mt Wellington is a “stick in the ground” for the Pacific provider’s expansion into south Auckland says chief executive Tevita Funaki 

International digital-first healthcare provider Babylon is reducing staff in response to the economic headwinds from COVID-19 and global inflation

The new owner says it will cover the pay owed to GPs by Tristar

I’m one of four GP owners in our group practice. For the past two years, the practice has been in survival mode with COVID-19 and now winter flu. I feel I need to get better at knowing where the practice is “at”. Can you suggest areas I should be looking at or asking our manager to report on?

– Out of touch, Auckland

Jennifer Kaponga takes a snapshot of how booking private surgery has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic

 Natasha Jojoa Burling asks what impact the inflationary economy will have on general practice businesses

It’s hoped a new general practice at Lake Hāwea will be finished by November next year