A Te Whatu Ora offer to general practices of a 5 per cent funding uplift is being described as “nowhere near enough” and likely to worsen underfunding challenges
A positive evaluation shows between 4-23 per cent of patients from a WellSouth practices sample had a warm handover to a health improvement practitioner or health coach in the previous year
General practices taking on new government-funded kaiāwhina and allied health staff will receive overheads but must not charge copayments for care by these team members
Patients from more than 500 practices across the country have used PHO-owned virtual doctor service Practice Plus, which now offers in-hours as well as after-hours services