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David Bratt stands below a giant screen showing a fictional advert, signed off by a “desperate GP”, and asks: “You want to believe that we in general practice are going to hell in a handcart, but are we?”

A shortfall of 8000 health workers was revealed in the workforce plan announced today

Health minister Ayesha Verrall has unveiled the Government's plan to tackle the workforce crisis

A woman died of sepsis after hospital staff took 12 hours to realise she was acutely unwell 

The Therapeutic Products Bill has passed its second reading in Parliament as controversy continued on its coverage of rongoā Māori

A new board chair has been announced for Te Whatu Ora

The GP who appealed to the Supreme Court in the long-running case over 'vicarious liability' has been ordered to pay his legal fees

The ongoing shortage of hormonal treatments for menopause reflects the low priority given to women’s health issues, says leading researcher Bev Lawton

Small-scale medication and supplement makers are breathing a sigh of relief, with changes to the Therapeutic Products Bill expected to allow them to stay in business 

Bill will allow importation of prescription drugs, tightly regulate imported natural health products, and won’t regulate rongoā