Te Whatu Ora should take on the employment of GP trainees, according to the report that underpins the Government’s new efforts to improve the training and make it attractive to many more doctors
The national shortage of GPs is biting down hard. Martin Johnston reports on an effort under way in rural Taranaki to stabilise and develop general practice
Fepulea’i Margie Apa, the first Pacific person to head New Zealand’s health service, grew up in south Auckland at a time of social and economic upheaval