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Tend Health is coping with medical staffing losses at its Linwood practice in Christchurch with an increase in telehealth consultations

Many practices are expected to be unwilling to hike their copayments by the amounts permitted, even though some sharply lifted fees almost as soon as they could under the newly liberal fees review policy of Te Whatu Ora

The patient list of a large practice on Auckland’s North Shore has shrunk by 15 per cent in six years, partly owing to the challenge of matching the languages spoken by staff and patients 

A government report depicts a fictional scenario of the future in which the general practice workforce crisis has been overcome by the ‘smooth rollout of artificial intelligence’

Viewers of Shortland Street were introduced to xenotransplantation at the fictional hospital earlier this month. Long-time readers of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa may be familiar with xenotransplantation research being carried out by the late diabetes researcher Sir Robert Elliot. Martin Johnston updates that story

Long-time readers of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa may be familiar with xenotransplantation research being carried out by the late diabetes researcher Sir Robert Elliot. Martin Johnston updates that story

Workforce shortages have prompted mid-sized corporate OmniHealth to use telehealth more and focus its GPs at the top of their scope of practice

Health minister Shane Reti appears to be pushing on with work his Labour predecessor Ayesha Verrall began on reshaping primary care – work dismissed as “aspirational drivel” by a sector leader last year

Iwi Māori partnership boards will not be given powers to procure and pay for healthcare delivery contracts, but instead will undertake what health minister Shane Reti describes as “strategic commissioning”

Te Whatu Ora has appointed a British GP and former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK as its national chief medical officer