A tweaked offer for general practice funding for 2020-21 is being voted on today by DHBs but negotiators say the proposed offer still doesn’t address historic underfunding
Tighter winter road closure rules for the alpine passes will impede patients heading to Christchurch for surgery and appointments, fear West Coast general practices
A contract announcement is expected shortly on funding up to nine new nurse practitioners and about 20 enrolled nurses in primary health to increase access to mental health support
The drop in tourists not public servants on the streets of Wellington is hitting its still-growing central-city practice hard, says Central Wellington Medical Centre practice manager Matt Gilchrist
Nearly 20 general practices to date have picked up a new digital health service offering patients the choice to message, consult and pay their usual GP via their smartphone or one of the app’s locum doctors