In a rare move, general practices are seeking signatures from patients to a petition calling for immediate Government action on the workforce and underfunding crisis hitting the sector.
The unprecedented pressure on general practices from COVID-19 coupled with health-reform uncertainty was acknowledged in the annual report of one of the country’s smaller PHOs
Fiona Cassie reports the review of capitation funding appears to have got caught up in discussions about new arrangements for the broader primary and community care sector
After more than a year of failed negotiations with their employers, 4200 primary care and Plunket nurses took strike action across the country last month
Fiona Cassie reports the review of capitation funding appears to have got caught up in discussions about new arrangements for the broader primary and community care sector
Mobile Health, which provides surgical and other services in its mobile surgical unit, has had its contract extended by three years to June 2025 by Te Whatu Ora