One of the West Coast’s few independent general practices ended a tough 2023 by moving into a new building, employing a new permanent GP and taking on a new name, Kawatiri Health
Te Whatu Ora wants WellSouth PHO and Invercargill GPs to come up with a stop-gap after-hours service for Invercargill before the plug is pulled on the existing service at Easter
Short staffing at the new Te Whatu Ora health facility in Westport forced it to close its acute services for a weekend last month and is causing long waits for routine GP appointments
An overnight announcement of new funding to support general practices in precalling and recalling babies for immunisations is being welcomed as a step in the right direction by GP leaders
GP leaders are frustrated and “extraordinarily” disappointed at today’s decision to ignore advice that only general practices should deliver six-week infant vaccinations
Te Whatu Ora is projecting a slight fall in practice nurse numbers over the next decade despite forecasting 10 per cent growth in the overall nursing workforce
Te Whatu Ora is projecting a slight fall in practice nurse numbers over the next decade despite forecasting 10 per cent growth in the overall nursing workforce
Every hour a GP spends face-to-face with patients generates at least 30 minutes of clinical follow-up work, a ground-breaking GP diary study has confirmed
Short staffing at the new Te Whatu Ora health facility in Westport forced it to close its acute services for a weekend last month and is causing long waits for routine GP appointments
The news that the innovative Canterbury Clinical Network will end next month as funding comes to a halt is greeted with sadness by leading Christchurch specialist GP Les Toop
