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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

People in New Zealand are consuming more cocaine and less MDMA and meth, according to report bringing together several strands of research

General Practice NZ and Te Whatu Ora are engaging in an “extensive” process to design the future of PHOs, GPNZ chair Bryan Betty says

General practices in Marlborough are benefiting from the addition of new kinds of staff, according to Kimi Hauora Wairau Marlborough PHO’s 2023 annual report

The health reforms monitoring committee appointed by the Labour Government has highlighted the financially fragile state of primary care and has called for urgent action from state agencies

After months of wrangling for access to Te Whatu Ora committee minutes, Martin Johnston prises out some nuggets revealing sector leaders’ thoughts on closed books, PHO transparency and other primary care issues

The Government has forced its repeal of Labour’s 2022 Smokefree law changes through Parliament under urgency

Work is carrying on at prototype localities despite the stop-work notice issued by health minister Share Reti to Te Whatu Ora

After months of wrangling for access to Te Whatu Ora committee minutes, Martin Johnston prises out some nuggets revealing sector leaders’ thoughts on closed books, PHO transparency and other primary care issues

Te Whatu Ora National Public Health Service last year sent letters to all PHOs asking that primary providers recall all children under five in a bid to tackle the below-target immunisation rate