About 50 employers have rejected the practice-nurse pay deal, prompting nurses’ union NZNO into “serious” talks to try to bring the unhappy general practices on board
A Christchurch GP honoured for being an early driving force behind Pegasus Health says he can’t foresee PHOs’ future but believes patients and practitioners have benefited from Pegasus’ existence
Christchurch infectious diseases researcher and New Year Honours recipient Steve Chambers says its inspiring to see how goodwill and marshalling resources made inroads in managing COVID-19
Māori provider nurses, waiting in line for pay parity after practice nurses, are increasingly frustrated their own 25 per cent pay gap with DHB nurses is still unresolved more than a decade on
The year 2020 had such a nice ring about it. But thoughts of 20:20 clarity have receded as this year has brought the unexpected for GPs and nurses – professionally and financially
Merle Samuels recalls as a child waiting one day with her mother in the doctor’s surgery. Time and again, patients who had arrived after them got called in to see the GP before they did