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Tāmaki Health is boosting its outreach immunisation programme by about $15,000 to fund free flu vaccinations for people over 55

“PHOs will continue to play an integral part in delivering healthcare,” says health minister Shane Reti

Tāmaki Health is boosting its outreach immunisation programme by about $15,000 to fund free flu vaccinations for people over 55

The introduction of automated referrals has seen enrolments in Northland’s Gout Stop programme increase by 400 per cent in less than a year

The funding model for primary care is “unfit for purpose”, says the Mahitahi Hauora PHO annual report

GPs can encourage the establishment of strong father-offspring bonds by encouraging dads to attend prenatal consultations, says University of British Columbia professor of family practice David Kuhl

A GP failed to obtain consent before exposing a 15-year-old boy’s genitals to check for bleeding following a vasectomy procedure

Retired specialist GP and acknowledged ADHD expert Tony Hanne has been censured and suspended for one year by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, with restrictions placed on any future practice and an order to pay $175,120 in fines and costs

A survey showing the strain on practices within the Mahitahi Hauroa network marks the start of “determined advocacy”, says PHO chief executive Jensen Webber

All doctors working in general practice in the rohe of Bay of Plenty/Waikato faculty are now eligible for free RNZCGP “collegial support” sessions