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Communities are using the locality planning process to call for better access to primary care, an online stakeholder hui has heard

Martin Johnston casts his eye over latest views on how vaccine coverage for Kiwi children declined alarmingly and a proposed rebuild of the immunisation programme

Practices will be formally urged against seeking newborns’ birth certificates, in a push to help whānau get their children vaccinated 

Ropata Health in Lower Hutt says it has been “one of the most cost-effective” COVID vaccination sites nationally and definitely the most cost-effective in the Wellington region

A taskforce appointed by Te Whatu Ora recommends rebuilding New Zealand’s child immunisation system with equity as a founding principle 

Canada’s radical rewrite of alcohol advice is set to influence new heart-health guidelines on drinking in New Zealand

Ropata Health in Lower Hutt says it has been “one of the most cost-effective” COVID vaccination sites nationally and definitely the most cost-effective in the Wellington region

A snapshot of locality development emerges from the 2022 annual report of the Eastern Bay Primary Health Alliance

Canada’s radical rewrite of guidance on alcohol has led to a ‘stronger’ stance in the New Zealand Heart Foundation’s new guidelines due out in July 

Martin Johnston backgrounds the furore among urgent-care providers who are adamant ACC’s proposed contract changes would hurt their sector and send more patients to hospitals