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A new director-general of health has been announced

Primary care staff are feeling more pessimistic about the future of the sector following health minister Simeon Brown’s Primary Care Package announced at the start of this month

It was back to a favourite stomping ground this week for roading, I mean, health minister Simeon Brown

March kicked off with a flurry of health announcements; it was a lot to take in. So, to gauge readers’ reactions to the various funding initiatives, we at New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa decided to take a straw poll. We surveyed Daily Triage email newsletter subscribers, asking ‘What do you reckon?’ about the health minister’s Primary Care Package. The process ran from 13 to 17 March and had 102 responses. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan delves into the findings

PACKAGE: $23.3 million over four years for up to 50 New Zealand graduate doctors a year to train in primary care settings

March kicked off with a flurry of health announcements; it was a lot to take in. So, to gauge readers’ reactions to the various funding initiatives, we at New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa decided to take a straw poll. We surveyed Daily Triage email newsletter subscribers, asking ‘What do you reckon?’ about the health minister’s Primary Care Package. The process ran from 13 to 17 March and had 102 responses. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan delves into the findings

PACKAGE: $23.3 million over four years for up to 50 New Zealand graduate doctors a year to train in primary care settings

Luke Bradford will take over from Samantha Murton as RNZCGP president and says he has ‘big shoes to fill’

Women’s health advocate Bev Lawton has won the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Award

An increase in the number of graduate doctors to train in primary care, and a boost to medical school places has been announced today by health minister Simeon Brown