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A new treatment pathway to reduce the prescribing of antidepressants is being trialled at Pukekohe Family Health Care

Wellness teams based in general practice could be the answer to the dire uptake of cardiac rehabilitation services, says exercise sciences research fellow Paul Marshall

A remote wellness hub staffed by health improvement practitioners, health coaches and awhi ora workers is being trialled in a disused Clendon, south Auckland practice

David Letele’s community-focused health and fitness programmes are expanding thanks to primary care organisations and Te Whatu Ora

A woman with a severe penicillin allergy died after being injected with Augmentin despite multiple safeguards that included a medical alert necklace and prominent warning notes

General practice funding must change to better reflect need says Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall

Tongan Health Society has opened a new practice, Ōtāhuhu Medical Centre, its fourth in the Auckland region

A GP decided against examining a woman who was too unwell to fully engage in a consultation – and the patient died three weeks later from metastatic oesophageal cancer

Now, don’t get me wrong, I absolutely expect nothing but slings, arrows, the odd pot of boiling oil, and a truly judgy side-eye

I gave ciggies a serious crack just the once. I was a young bloke in London and pretty much every single person I met was hanging off the end of a fag. What choice was there?