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Some $1.3 billion extra is said to be needed in the Budget just for the health sector to stand still, but more will be needed for restructuring and to improve health 

Supreme Award recipient Bruce Arroll has been acknowledged for the impact of his leadership in primary care, and for his humility, empathy and commitment to equity  

An Auckland practice has taken on COVID-19 vaccination for the good of the community, despite uncertainty about the financial viability of doing so 

It’s been a sharp corner for Bindi Nor­well to negotiate, steering her career from real estate to health

More than a third of general practices and a quarter of pharmacies expected to be giving COVID jabs from July, says Ministry of Health

A widely representative review of preferential-entry scheme considered unlikely to propose caps on student numbers 

The RNZCGP has suspended one of the three modules in its Cornerstone general practice accreditation scheme

The National Party has softened its op­position to the Government’s proposed Māori Health Authority, but not to what it calls a dual health system based on ethnicity

It’s been a sharp corner for Bindi Nor­well to negotiate, steering her career from real estate to health

The NZMA wants to break down the privileged status of the medical profession, by shoring up efforts to train many more doctors who are Māori or Pacific, or from rural backgrounds