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Fair pay for all members of the general practice team, along with urgent funding reform, are some solutions to the current crisis outlined in three sector briefings to new health minister Shane Reti

A funding injection is needed to stop Dunedin’s dedicated urgent-care centre being forced to cut services, with a negative flow-on impact to local GPs, says Dunedin Urgent Doctors and Accident Centre manager Adam O’Byrne

Pegasus Health, the last of the “big four” PHO networks to enter general practice ownership, this week announced the purchase of Lincoln Medical Centre in league with local rūnanga

The country’s first mobile PET-CT scanner is expected to hit the road this year, driven by a private hospital conglomerate acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in surgical ‘bus’ operator Mobile Health Group

After being in limbo for over 18 months, the general practice sector’s only official forum for contract talks with funder Te Whatu Ora may kick-start again in late February

Christchurch’s two biggest urgent care centres will continue to receive extra “sustainability” funding from Te Whatu Ora for 2024 to address cost pressures which saw centre hours cut last year

If the Government wants to boost childhood vaccination rates, it should adequately fund general practices to do so, argue GP leaders in the wake of a move to allow pharmacies to immunise infants

After being in limbo for over 18 months, the general practice sector’s only official forum for contract talks with funder Te Whatu Ora may kick-start again in late February

Nearly 120 practices have now alerted their PHOs over fears for their financial viability if the practice nurse pay equity claim is not fully funded by the Government

The country’s first mobile PET-CT scanner is expected to hit the road this year, driven by a private hospital conglomerate acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in surgical ‘bus’ operator Mobile Health Group