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After a 21-month hiatus, the general practice sector’s contract talks forum with funder Te Whatu Ora met and approved a new protocol last month, allowing practices to appoint their own agents

Two viruses and recent COVID-19 vaccination may have contributed to the death of a 13-year-old boy from a “microscopic amount” of heart inflammation, a coronial report says

US research findings that people with hearing loss and an elevated risk of dementia have a lower risk of developing dementia if they use hearing aids have proven influential in New Zealand, a leading local audiologist says

An after-hours primary care service has been pulled together in Invercargill at the last minute to replace an existing service, which closes today

The Medical Council says the outcome of its election will be made public “after the Easter break”

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has updated its telehealth position statement following a coroner’s findings on the death of a man after a telehealth consultation

Martin Johnston takes his own deep dive into a Te Whatu Ora paper painting the landscape of the primary care sector

After a 21-month hiatus, the general practice sector’s contract talks forum with funder Te Whatu Ora met and approved a new protocol this month, allowing practices to appoint their own agents

Martin Johnston takes his own deep dive into a Te Whatu Ora paper painting the landscape of the primary care sector

Pharmacists will be the predominant part of the Government-funded Comprehensive Primary and Community Team work in the southern part of Tasman district, southwest of Nelson City