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NZMA GP Council chair Vanessa Weenink will use the latest GP workforce survey to advocate for improvements to primary care funding and more say on secondary care 

After initially saying some people haven’t been treated properly in primary care, the prime minister now says the issue is access 

A father-and-daughter doctor duo from Auckland have no plans for imminent retirement

Samantha Murton, the RNZCGP president, declares herself opti­mistic about the future of general practice as a career

Health reforms were to have prioritised primary and com­munity services – but not any more. A key figure in the reforms, Martin Hefford, has given the impres­sion that broader structural changes are the priority

Samantha Murton, the RNZCGP president, declares herself opti­mistic about the future of general practice as a career

A father-and-daughter doctor duo from Auckland have no plans for imminent retirement

Northland DHB wants extra funding for a radical shake-up of primary care that would include putting more GPs on the Gov­ernment payroll

We noted a swag of PHO bosses moving on. Now, with the announcements on health-sector reforms supposedly just weeks away, a DHB chief execu­tive has joined the tide

Harvey White is having another crack at becoming chair of the NZMA in an electoral race against Alistair Humphrey