GenPro has joined NZMA in questioning the Ministry of Health and DHBs over whether the Crown is honouring its commitment to fund the new practice nurse pay step beyond 1 July
A “very mixed bag” is how RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty describes the long-awaited new primary maternity services notice, which includes steps forwards and backwards
COVID-19 testing is stepping up in Wellington today with general practices among the 50-plus test sites expected to carry out up to 3500 tests today and 4500 tomorrow
The 500th nurse recently started a training programme designed to give primary care nurses extra mental health and addiction tools to help them in their everyday work
Wellington general practices are hectic as the city enters Alert Level 2, after a COVID-19 positive result is found in a Sydney primary healthcare worker on their return from a visit to the capital
Upskilling GPs in order to save older residents from an hour’s drive south to Wellington for macular degeneration treatment, is one early win from the Kāpiti Community Health Network