General Practice

The Health and Disability Commissioner has ruled against a locum GP who failed to carry out necessary follow-ups with a woman with a rare genetic disorder who reported complications after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. She died four days later

The General Practice Owners Association is criticising the Government for its lack of action on a revised funding model for general practice 

From next week, Dunedin’s urgent-care centre is turning away patients from practices that aren’t part of the after-hours roster of the local GP guild-owned and operated service

Community pharmacies around New Zealand are being asked to fill the gaps in after-hours services caused by general practice’s workforce crisis. Jody Hopkinson and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

Community pharmacies around New Zealand are being asked to fill the gaps in after-hours services caused by general practice’s workforce crisis. Jody Hopkinson and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

Australia wants to lure more specialist GPs from New Zealand, with a loosening of registration rules by the country’s health ministers 

GenPro hopes the legal action it has begun against Te Whatu Ora under the Fair Trading Act will lead to fair contracts being established 

Two general practices have pulled the plug on their urgent-care clinic contracts – one pushed and one jumping – after staffing and funding issues saw them struggle to meet ACC requirements 

Some general practices have already increased patient fees by 7 to 16 per cent from 1 July due to the anticipated 4 per cent capitation increase falling far short of covering cost pressures  

Green Cross Health’s The Doctors chain of general practices has been the target of a fake app cyberattack