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General practice leaders are lukewarm over whether National’s immunisation incentives policy would improve vaccination rates or boost practice income

The rural workforce crisis was under the spotlight at a political forum last night, with National touting a third medical school as one answer and Labour calling it folly

Rural health advocates have welcomed an upcoming review of PRIME and after-hours services but say rural general practices need a “Band-Aid” in the meantime

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

A successful challenge by Hauora Taiwhenua means rural general practices are now eligible for up to $20,000 relocation costs to help recruit overseas GPs

Healthline nurses are considering further industrial action after rejecting a pay offer that would mean some experienced nurses earn less than new graduates in public hospitals

Shifting scarce mental health resources into the community to treat people with mild psychological distress is “short-sighted and unjust”, says Christchurch psychiatrist Roger Mulder

A call for more GPs to classify and code patients with long COVID is backed by researcher Anna Brooks, who is worried about the lack of local data on the post-viral illness

A specialist GP has had an appeal against temporary suspension for her COVID-19 vaccine comments upheld by the Wellington District Court

Shifting scarce mental health resources into the community to treat people with mild psychological distress is “short-sighted and unjust”, says Christchurch psychiatrist Roger Mulder