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The large sails adorning the en­trance to Three Rivers Health in Ashburton sing out defiance to the region’s occasional nor’west wind while providing a fanfare welcome to patients

At the official opening of Ashburton’s Three Rivers Health centre earlier this month, health minister David Clark reiterated his belief in the critical role pri­mary care plays in a successful health system

Health minister David Clark was in Ashburton on Sunday to open the Three Rivers Health, a joint venture of GPs and South Link Health Services 

I expect a few of you have, like me, been pondering one of the big questions of recent times – why reboot Buffy?

I expect a few of you have, like me, been pondering one of the big questions of recent times – why reboot Buffy?

For a quarter of a century we’ve been writing about GPs, primary care and what’s hot in general practice.  That’s a lot of history. 

Pencil, notebook, phone and typewriter. That was all I needed when I started out as a reporter on a daily newspaper

Pencil, notebook, phone and typewriter. That was all I needed when I started out as a reporter on a daily newspaper

I’m beginning to think four-walls syndrome has spread well beyond the local pharmacy and a bigger virtual four-walls syndrome is giving us the feeling that our own health system is hemming us all in

I’m beginning to think four-walls syndrome has spread well beyond the local pharmacy and a bigger virtual four-walls syndrome is giving us the feeling that our own health system is hemming us all in