General Practice

A draft service agreement for a new digital health service suggests Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora values telehealth providers more than GPs, says GenPro chair Angus Chambers

The Government has given physician associates the green light to become a regulated workforce under the Medical Council, and practitioners will be able to start registering from next year

Taranaki’s Coastal Medical has opened a new practice in the New Plymouth suburb of Waiwhakaiho

Racist patients weren’t what a diversity in healthcare panel expected to end up discussing at the Collaborative Aotearoa conference at the weekend

Packed with real-life examples and actionable strategies, What do I say next? empowers GPs to have meaningful solutions-based conversations with patients, writes Lucy O’Hagan

A regional analysis of Comprehensive Primary Care Teams has found strong indications that they are reducing avoidable hospital admissions and producing other health benefits

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain gathers together general practice sector reactions to health minister Simeon Brown’s rapid-fire announcements in early March, finding warm welcome giving way to concerns over funding, equity and the feasibility of a performance-linked incentive

PHARMACY SECTOR GROUPS are calling for the Government to continue funding Comprehensive Primary and Community Care Teams.

The Government will fund 120 places for nurse practitioners working in primary care from next year, as well as advanced tertiary education for up to 120 primary care-registered nurses annually

Fitting-out the long-empty medical centre space at Rolleston’s $14.7-million health hub is finally under way, at the same time building begins on another new practice for the Canterbury town