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A general practice and urgent-care leader fears newly released documents confirm that those who call loudest get the most funding help from Te Whatu Ora

A general practice and urgent-care leader fears newly released documents confirm that those who call loudest get the most funding help from Te Whatu Ora

The idea for a new Blenheim general practice, owned mainly by nurses, leapt ahead when the Marlborough PHO approached specialist GP Eric Wegener about working in a new clinic it planned

Bridget Allan’s parting call after nearly 12 years in the top job at a Wellington PHO is for health funders to put more money into the Health Care Home scheme

THINK Hauora PHO decided to push for more use of extended-hours telehealth service Practice Plus in response to worsening pressures that have left patients and whānau struggling to find care

The South Island’s eight PHOs are baring all to each other – or at least a good chunk of their data – inside a new organisation

Te Whatu Ora is offering to directly employ first-year registrars in the RNZCGP’s GP Education Programme

Te Aka Whai Ora chair Tipa Mahuta fears confusion is being sown by mixed messages on whether people should stay home when unwell

Shorecare chair talks of clinic move, the high cost of healthcare and the likelihood of patients paying a larger share unless funders better their below-inflation increases

With no locality creation promised for the western Bay of Plenty, two PHOs have teamed up to discover their communities’ priorities through a survey