The coverage of the pay equity claim for general practice and urgent care nurses and admin staff is doubling to cover virtually all 1000 primary care worksites
WellSouth Primary Health Network’s operating revenue dipped in 2023 as COVID-19 funding declined, but ended the financial year with its operating surplus up more than a million to $2.6 million
The country’s biggest practice nurse contract talks will be resuming shortly with uncertainty being caused by the separate, but related, pay equity claim process
A proposal to scrap the ACC funding barrier hindering general practices from employing paramedics to deliver PRIME and injury treatment services is warmly welcomed by rural providers
The “high risk” of psychiatric side effects has led Medsafe to call for the over-the-counter oral antihistamine, promethazine (brand name Phenergan) not to be used by children aged under six
The general practice crisis in the Far North has forced Kaitaia Hospital to coordinate and fund a primary care after-hours service on site for the past year
A longstanding Wānaka GP is not convinced a large “flashy” private hospital proposed for Wānaka is the answer to the fast-growing rural town’s health needs
The ongoing severe shortage of oestradiol patches has a Napier GP calling for an interim special authority to prescribe subsidised gels for high-risk women hit by the inconsistent supplies