The fearless voice and tireless lobbying for nurses and nurse practitioners were highlighted at a celebration marking the retirement of Jenny Carryer from the College of Nurses Aotearoa
Māori make less use of primary care than non-Māori – saving the sector millions of dollars a year – and GP leaders say inadequate staffing and resourcing are implicated
A server failure has forced Pegasus Health to revert to a manual roster system for the hundreds of GPs and locums rostered to work at Christchurch’s largest after-hours and urgent care service
To make recruiting overseas GPs easier, Marlborough PHO has become the employer of migrant GPs for some of its practices, says chief executive Beth Tester
A pilot offering would-be rural doctors “the bulk” of their medical training locally is sought by the Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network as one solution to the rural workforce crisis
As Jenny Carryer retires from the College of Nurses Aotearoa after three decades of leadership and lobbying, she talks to Fiona Cassie about wins, near-misses and frustrations of the job
Our updated general practice ownership map reflects a surge in GPs selling to corporate and other networks, but, at the same time, some GPs are keeping skin in the game. Fiona Cassie reports
Purchases by corporate and other ownership networks have stepped up in the past 18 months with more than 40 medical centres going fully or partially into network ownership. That is about three times the number of transactions that went through in the 2020 calendar year
Purchases by corporate and other ownership networks have stepped up in the past 18 months with more than 40 medical centres going fully or partially into network ownership. That is about three times the number of transactions that went through in the 2020 calendar year