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The number of practices approved to sign up with a different PHO has increased by five since a list was published in March

It’s Budget day this Thursday, and for once, the primary care sector has had a heads-up on quite a bit of what’s coming its way  

Green Cross Health hopes to reap more funding for its practices from its planned switch in the Bay of Plenty to what it considers a leaner PHO operation at the Eastern Bay Primary Health Alliance 

Western Bay of Plenty PHO leaders have gone on the attack, publishing statements accusing “large corporates” of pursuing profits at the expense of patients and moving towards a system that works “better for shareholders than it does for whānau” 

A PHO leader is sounding the alarm over the plans of three corporate owners to withdraw their practices from her PHO  

Tend Health is maintaining its public silence over which PHOs it wants to sign up to after handing over a bunch of exit notices or whether it is banking on direct contracting

It’s week 15 in health for Simeon Brown and time to farewell this unofficial diary, which today contains snippets from the real thing and reflections on how the minister of mail might have handled things differently in the past. Reporter Martin Johnston delivers the goods 

The shaken-up PHO based in Whakatāne is preparing to welcome new practices and is aiming to improve its engagement with stakeholders 

Green Cross Health has appointed two specialist GPs to carry out clinical director functions in its medical division 

Stephanie Taylor hopes to find her way into another leadership role after resigning as clinical director of Green Cross Health’s medical division