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The chief executives of four large PHOs have voluntarily taken a COVID-related salary cut of 20 per cent for three months from early April

An adviser on health system changes has panned the Simpson report for failing to address needed reforms in the business model of primary care

General practice consultations picked up fast in many areas after the COVID-19 lockdown ended last month, but are generally down on the same period last year

The numbers – New Zealand, 9 June: 0 active cases, 22 deaths, 1482 recovered cases

A health practitioner turf war may be shaping up as government officials review this year’s influenza vaccine “debacle”

Rohan Ameratunga and fellow researchers hope to make an effective COVID-19 inhaler medicine based on a key enzyme where the virus starts its damaging journey

The Simpson report’s vision for community-based services includes more integration, a funding ringfence and a direct line to DHBs 

Fewer DHBs, PHOs no longer compulsory and DHBs managing primary care networks – these are among the recommendations out today in the Simpson report that could now lead to the biggest shake-up in the health sector in a generation

The long-anticipated Simpson Report will hit the streets at 10.30 am. Here's a recent rundown of what it's taken to get here