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The 24 hour surgery in Christchurch was forced for the first time to close briefly to non-urgent patients earlier this month, but a shortage of doctors was not behind the closure

A south Auckland general practice business has been put into liquidation by Inland Revenue for unpaid taxes

National has pounced on an old idea popular in rural health quarters – to establish a third medical school at the University of Waikato. Unnecessary, or just the ticket for rural doctor shortages? Fiona Cassie asks the various players

No sooner is pay disparities funding decided than the pay gap for primary care nurses widens again, reports Fiona Cassie

A specialist GP, one of six doctors temporarily suspended by the Medical Council over COVID-19 vaccine concerns, appealed her suspension in the Wellington District Court late last month

The number of specialist GPs practising in the country grew by 65 in the past year, up on last year’s shocking 15

The country’s first-ever strategy for improving rural health was released last week just as researchers were publicising their findings on the higher death rates of rural compared with urban people

Auckland locums are being flown to Christchurch at a “significant cost” to cover urgent care shifts

Moorhouse Medical, one of Christchurch’s three urgent care clinics, is having to close its doors at 4pm due to understaffing in the midst of record patient demand in the city

Pegasus Health announced today that Kim Sinclair-Morris, the current Canterbury Clinical Network executive director, is to be its new chief executive