Practices are being urged to school up their vulnerable patients on COVID-19 so they can quickly be tested and treated if they get symptoms in the coming Omicron wave
The RNZCGP has questioned the quantity of COVID-19 community antivirals on order by Pharmac, drugs which now seem unlikely to arrive until well into an Omicron wave
Tend Health’s purchase of a large Auckland medical centre will have given it cash flow through primary care capitation from the Government, business adviser Pam Newlove points out
Hearings were set to begin last Wednesday on the health reform legislation, but Omicron meant submissions would be by online video link rather than in-person