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Extra funding is needed now to support the aged residential care workforce “flex up” to care for residents in the country’s 38,000 care beds, says nursing leader Frances Hughes

The NZMA and DHBs are at odds over what it would cost to bridge the gap in pay between primary care nurses and their DHB peers

Both of Rolleston’s general practices, Rolleston Central Health and Rolleston Medical, say they were approached by the council, but are not interested in relocating from their current modern facilities to a new health hub

After nearly a decade of major earthquakes, safety-conscious general practice owners are building new centres able to withstand a one in 2500-year quake

The head offices of RNZCGP and NZMA will both be closed by the end of the day but both organisations are reassuring GPs that plans to keep delivering support services from home offices are well under way

Virtual consult packs – including webcams  are being sent out to all Pegasus Health practices and being offered to the other Canterbury PHOs, says Pegasus chief executive Vince Barry

The speedy response by WellSouth nurses, pharmacists and others to set up and swab 150 Logan Park High School students and staff in a day has been praised by director-general Ashley Bloomfield. 

Repurposing drugs, like antimalarial chloroquine, has potential for treating COVID-19 but an Otago antiviral researcher says GPs should err on the side of caution until trial data is available

DHBs are considering how much to provide to general practice to cover increasing costs – amid a dispute on how much it would take to get practice nurses to the same salary as DHB nurses

The first hint things were different was the seating at the funeral chapel. The chairs were separated out with a uniform, “social-distancing” gap