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The Lower Hutt Green Cross Health practice that switched to telehealth last year because of a severe shortage of doctors has managed to rebuild its workforce and resume normal services 

General practice delays have popped up strongly in government rhetoric this week, laying the groundwork for Simeon Brown’s replacement of Shane Reti as health minister 

Talks on a “merger” of after-hours urgent care are on the table in Napier in a bid to stabilise the services in the city 

Kumeu Village Medical Centre has received a $1000 gift from a patient who heard of its financial woes in a media interview  

Martin Johnston takes a closer look at the reaction to recent comments on telehealth

Financial instability, recruitment woes, burnout, after-hours and urgent-care withdrawals – it’s all there in the disturbing findings of the latest General Practice NZ survey 

Reporter Martin Johnston takes a look at how targeting by ethnicity was driven out of policies

A general practice patient enrolment scheme at Health Hawke’s Bay PHO signed up 702 people in just over two years

Martin Johnston delves into 2024, finding different ideas in government, financial storm clouds for many general practices, and a caffeinated suggestion on how to make a buck

Martin Johnston reports on a tussle with Te Whatu Ora for access to maps of the proposed localities canned by health minister Shane Reti