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North Shore practice is coping with the Omicron surge

COVID testing at Middlemore Hospital’s emergency department will indicate when the Omicron wave has peaked in south Auckland, a professor of public health says 

Two North Island PHOs have teamed up to offer an after-hours general practice telehealth service they intend will complement the work of practices rather than compete with them

Primary care advocate Allan Moffitt acknowledges his new part-time role at the Ministry of Health will limit what he can say in the media 

A “red letter” warning sent last week by the NZMA to general practices, over their participation in COVID-19 services, was drawing wide reaction from the sector as New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa went to press

Cromwell specialist GP Greg White is glad he and his colleagues defied the Ministry of Health guidelines over use of N95 masks

What sort of mask to wear and the future of the red and green streams – these are the type of questions Peter Moodie has been answering since returning to work part-time to help respond to the pandemic

Award-winning specialist GP Glen Davies has left Taupo Medical Centre because he did not meet the requirements of a COVID-19 compulsory vaccination order

Two North Island PHOs have teamed up to offer an after-hours general practice telehealth service they intend will complement the work of practices rather than compete with them

New service in four unnamed primary care clinics is for those in home isolation who present at emergency departments with non-urgent, non-COVID health problems