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In an about-turn ESR is again recruiting sentinel practices to provide surveillance swabs of patients presenting with influenza-like illnesses this winter 

A special locum fund, set up to support rural practice staff tired and stretched by the COVID-19 lockdown, has received about 25 applications to date

Four rural services will receive Ministry of Health funding to employ a nurse practitioner 

General practice negotiators today rejected the annual capitation increase as too low and are seeking last minute talks with the health ministry and DHBs to boost the funding offer 

Heather Simpson and her team of health and disability system reviewers helped entice Sara Shaughnessy across the ditch to head up Nelson Bays Primary Health

The well-prepared High Street Health Hub, in Lower Hutt, managed to keep growing and merge with neighbouring Epuni Medical Centre during the COVID-19 lockdown

International flights arriving into the country’s party capital in early March started bringing more than just tourists

Practice nurses are angry that praise for their COVID-19 frontline role was not matched with a pay offer on a par with DHB nurses 

Flu swabbing won’t go ahead at sentinel general practices this winter, COVID-19 test centres will be used instead