Rural health’s inclusion in the pae ora health reforms legislation is hailed as a first win for the new HauoraTaiwhenua Rural Health Network. Fiona Cassie finds out more about the new single voice for rural health
A new birthing and antenatal unit has opened in Rolleston’s health hub but no general practice has yet signed up for a place within the $14.7 million facility
To be honoured for 30 years’ dedication to nursing, health and Māori is “not bad for someone who failed her nursing final exam first time around”, says Margareth Broodkoorn
A pilot is being explored that may lift GP numbers and help reduce the log-jam of migrant doctors needing hospital internships, by offering some of them training in general practice instead
Practices are under the pump but if you fund them adequately they are still ready to the “do the right thing” this winter, believes GP and Pinnacle medical director Jo Scott-Jones
Influenza is circulating nationwide but it is still too early to predict the pattern or likely severity of the disease this season, says Wellington GP and Immunisation Advisory Centre director Nikki Turner