Hawke’s Bay general practices are pleased a request to Te Whatu Ora to fund free services to the Cyclone Gabrielle hit region has been backed but concerns remain about capacity
A call to use pandemic locum funding to support Cyclone Gabrielle-hit rural and urban practices will be made by Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network at a meeting with Te Whatu Ora tomorrow
Few Napier general practices have reopened but the situation appears somewhat better for Tairāwhiti practices and Northland’s are nearly ‘business as usual’
Concerns raised over the accuracy of an RNZCGP position statement on nurse practitioners have led to the paper being withdrawn today less than 24 hours after its release
People not enrolled in a general practice are more likely than enrolled patients to die early of a preventable condition, a Victoria University study has found
People not enrolled in a general practice are more likely than enrolled patients to die early of a preventable condition, a Victoria University study has found
FIONA CASSIE reports on just-released advice that led to general practices being left out from last year’s nurse pay parity funding package. Plus, the lack of a government plan to roll out this year’s new pay equity rates beyond Te Whatu Ora nurses