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Labour’s election policy to fund an extra 335 medical school places a year by 2027 is a “welcome step” towards addressing health workforce issues, according to RNZCGP president Samantha Murton

Wait times in ED and for surgery for patients with broken hips worsened across both sides of the Tasman last year but were longest in Australia, a new report shows

Practice nurses last month voted to accept a new deal that brings some relief to pay packets but is not expected to stem the flow of nurses to higher-paid jobs in public hospitals

The health risk from blood shortages is now much higher than the risk of getting variant Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease from transfusions, public health expert Michael Baker says

Labour’s election promise of a staged and targeted increase in free, basic dental care to under-30s has been welcomed by the New Zealand Dental Association

Te Whatu Ora has done an about turn so rural general practices are eligible for up to $20,000 relocation costs to help recruit overseas GPs

Reporter Fiona Cassie talks to two nurse practitioners who say professional supervision can protect the health of clinicians and keep them in the workforce

New studies are confirming earlier findings that the side effects of statins are largely “fake news”, says cardiologist Gerard Wilkins

Practices should avoid becoming the “meat in the sandwich” between warring parents over their child’s health information, says medicolegal consultant Tim Cookson

The lack of political will for a “circuit breaker” to reform rural health training seems apparent from just-released official briefing papers, says rural health advocate Grant Davidson