Te Oranga o Te Matau-a-Māui Health Hawke’s Bay stands with the other PHOs and GPNZ statements and refutes the claim in the recent Te Whatu Ora webinar that 50% of GP work can be resolved via telehealth
We were surprised and disappointed to hear in Te Whatu Ora’s ‘Building the Future of Health’ webinar on Tuesday 7 May, and subsequently reported in New Zealand Doctor, that the agency believes that up to 50% of general practice work could be done by telehealth
THINK Hauora PHO supports GPNZ and PHO partner statements in questioning a recent Te Whatu Ora claim that 50% of GP work can be resolved via telehealth
General Practice New Zealand (GPNZ) strongly rejects the claim that 40 to 50 per cent of general practice work could be managed through telehealth consultation
Te Whatu Ora comments on the volumes of general practice work that can be done by telehealth or managed by physiotherapy have drawn sharp responses from readers, including the RNZCGP
Te Aka Whai Ora chief medical officer Rawiri McKree Jansen says he is returning to general practice after resigning from the soon-to-be disestablished Māori Health Authority
The revelation Te Whatu Ora is offering to directly employ first-year GP registrars, which emerged during a row over a media statement from the Resident Doctors’ Association about its strike notice, ‘Te Whatu Ora planning to take over employment of first year GP trainees’ (online 23 April), sparked a number of comments – two calling it a “train wreck”
As Te Whatu Ora approaches the end of its second year leading the publicly funded health sector, reporter Martin Johnston reviews the prospects for a number of contracts in the primary care sector
A Te Whatu Ora 2023/24 savings target of $1–2 billion highlighted during a parliamentary select committee hearing in February was a typo according to the health agency which has since corrected the error
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management