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Another year, another annual increase offer rejected for failing to recognise the ever-growing crisis in general practice. How did we get to this “boiling frog” moment? Fiona Cassie looks at the past and future of general practice contract negotiations

The existing two medical schools are pushing back on the third medical school proposal with a new report arguing they can ultimately train 300 more doctors a year without new capital funding 

A new virtual centre for rural health education launched yesterday by the University of Otago will make it easier to be part of a future national rural training initiative, says centre director Garry Nixon

The timing for when the current capitation review could lead to funding changes is “difficult to predict”, says Te Whatu Ora living well director Martin Hefford

The timing for when the current capitation review could lead to funding changes is “difficult to predict”, says Te Whatu Ora living well director Martin Hefford

Another year, another annual increase offer rejected for failing to recognise the ever-growing crisis in general practice. How did we get to this “boiling frog” moment? Fiona Cassie looks at the past and future of general practice contract negotiations

A fair and reasonable 40-hour week for a ‘full-time’ GP – without unpaid catch-up work – would have just 22 hours of patient contact time, the RNZCGP workload research has found

A surge to the flu season plus other winter viruses has seen a record spike in hospital acute respiratory admissions in Auckland

Recent UK surveys showing GPs are struggling to find work is resulting in a steady interest rather than a surge of applications to work in New Zealand, according to local recruiters

The four-year rollout of health improvement practitioners and health coaches to general practices is being extended for a fifth year to reach the target of 70 per cent coverage nationwide