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An audit of young people’s mental health services has found the growing waiting lists for specialist care are hampering access to primary care, reports Martin Johnston

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

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

The Coalition Government has tabled its bill to scrap Labour’s three-stage change to smokefree law, but hasn’t revealed what new policies it will adopt

Details are expected “within the next couple of weeks” on National’s pre-election promise of a $10-per-patient immunisation-incentive payment for general practices

Te Whatu Ora immunisation letter to PHOs asks for children under five to be recalled

On a November afternoon, the new chief executive of Te Aho o Te Kahu – Cancer Control Agency was confronted with a packed emergency department

An audit of young people’s mental health services has found the growing waiting lists for specialist care are hampering access to primary care

Te Whatu Orahas allowed 25 practices to switch to the National Hauora Coalition PHO and left the door ajar to 29 more it has prevented from making the change

Declining practice profitability has been highlighted in a significant report by General Practice NZ on the sector’s sustainability