General practice leaders are dumbfounded by an email in which health minister Ayesha Verrall refers to receiving advice that the sector was happy to let its contract negotiating process remain in limbo
The first nationwide HealthPathways is under development to help standardise healthcare access and highlight “postcode lottery” access to secondary services
Fiona Cassie explores how HealthPathways has grown from helping Canterbury general practices to shedding light on clinical decisionmaking and health resources in many parts of the world
The Green Party’s policy to extend free annual checkups and dental care to adults should instead target the 40 per cent of adults avoiding dental care because of cost, says the New Zealand Dental Association
Practice nurses and their employers are being pressured to ratify a new pay deal soon or risk it imploding and with it the grounds for lodging a pay equity claim
A specialist GP’s appeal against her temporary suspension last year by the Medical Council over COVID-19 vaccine concerns has been upheld by the Wellington District Court
The Green Party’s policy to extend free annual check-ups and dental care to adults should instead target the 40 per cent of adults avoiding dental care because of cost, dentists say
The Rural Health Network has challenged Te Whatu Ora on its relocation assistance for overseas doctors not being applicable when GPs are recruited into private general practices
