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An Ashburton practice took on essential-worker vaccination work after moving its jabs clinic to a racecourse for the greater space required by lockdown rules

Public shaming or behindthe-scenes encouragement: both types of approach have been tried as our governments sought to modify behaviours they believe affect health outcomes.

Auckland’s second large-scale drive-through COVID-19 vaccination centre opened today, in Henderson, with plans to inject up to 1500 people a day 

The seven-day Alert Level 4 lockdown has been applied to all of New Zealand 

Public health officials find Auckland outbreak’s likely viral link to Sydney but still searching for “one or two missing links” in the chain of explanation 

The NZMA wants the Supreme Court to resolve a test case that leaves practice shareholders potentially exposed to lawsuits arising from their doctor partners’ medical mistakes

The High Court has thrown out a health and disability commissioner decision that Waikanae Health Centre was liable for the misdeeds of a GP employee

Health minister Andrew Little says long-standing funding problems may be contributing to GP shortages in some areas

Commissioner sides with patient who says she did report pain, rather than with the GP, who disputes this 

New Zealand’s dominant practice management system supplier Medtech Global has bought primary care analytics system DrInfo and promises a better experience for customers who have both