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No Māori Health Authority, no reduction in number of DHBs, some changes to primary care funding – Shane Reti reveals snippets of National Party health policy 

A medical centre where a doctor has been found to have breached a patient’s rights has changed its approach to the doctors it takes on 

Public health plaintiffs in “trougher” defamation case press Cameron Slater and Carrick Graham for leads on where to find more documents 

Researchers want to study the risks posed to Aucklanders by the disturbance of the cancer-causing mineral erionite, which is present in some of the region’s rocks 

In the wake of National’s COVID patient information leak, MP Shane Reti replaces Michael Woodhouse as the party’s health spokesman 

First it was “test, test, test”, then it was test only the high-risk people, and now it’s a compromise built on clinical judgement and the promise of payment 

COVID-19 testing has been dogged by mixed messages, confusion in general practice and a wildly fluctuating number of people being swabbed 

New Zealand Doctor readers have voted Labour ahead of National in an online survey, but scored the Government badly on its handling of the health sector - 

New health minister Chris Hipkins has highlighted his skills in handling a big portfolio, after his qualifications to take over from David Clark were questioned

New Zealand Doctor readers have voted Labour ahead of National in an online survey, but scored the Government badly on its handling of the health sector -