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The rising number of practices vaccinating against COVID-19 is contributing to hopes of a high vaccination rate ahead of border relaxation early next year 

A GP is quitting manual bookings and other “extra” COVID-19 vaccination work after some additional state funding was withdrawn 

The number of staff in the Health and Disability Review Transition Unit more than tripled to 78 from December to July

Health minister Andrew Little sees connections between funding and workforce problems, after fielding curly questions at conference 

When DHBs are replaced in less than a year, contracts with them will be formally transferred to the new Health New Zealand and Māori Health Authority

Health reform officials are working out how best to enact the Government’s wish to embed consumer voices in the new health system

A Hamilton GP visiting family in Australia has been prevented from returning to work by the country’s COVID-19 outbreaks and the resulting disruption of travel 

DHBs’ COVID jab plans, released more than three months after requested, give a glimpse of officials’ early thinking 

Heart muscle inflammation has been confirmed as a rare side effect of Pfizer COVID-19 vac­cination in New Zealand.

General practice in Auckland is beefing up its participation in the national COVID-19 vacci­nation programme.