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Auckland’s Waiheke Island enhanced urgent after-hours health service involves paying more in  patient subsidies, lower fees for some patients and changes in health workers’ pay

Urgent care is the fastest-growing specialty in the medical workforce

Wuhan authorities report 444 confirmed cases, including 17 deaths, as of yesterday 

The Medical Council wants to charge New Zealand-based colleges more than $30,000 for accreditation of vocational training and recertification programmes 

New coronavirus that has killed three people is now thought to be spreading between humans 

Patients feel no ethical obligation to keep secret any personal info a doctor discloses to them, study finds 

Study confirms Māori more likely to be diagnosed later for some common cancers  

Important information is missing from many primary care referrals of patients to community mental health teams 

Psychiatrist and general practice academic are made members of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year honours list 

New push for integrated primary and community care ahead of review’s recommendations