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The New Zealand Physician Associate Society has sent an open letter to health minister Shane Reti, pushing back against calls for the Government to pause its plans to allow physician associates to register

Healthcare remains one of the biggest issues on the minds of Kiwis, according to a poll by international market research company Ipsos 

The Crown has been left to pick up the tab after a law firm pocketed $2.67 million in legal fees before Lake Alice survivors were paid out in a historic settlement over 20 years ago  

Auckland’s Silverdale Medical is threatening to shut down its urgent-care service due to what its CEO says is a lack of funding from Te Whatu Ora

Plans by Te Whatu Ora to have a new after-hours primary care service in Tairāwhiti up and running by mid-December are unrealistic, according to local Gisborne specialist GP Fergus Aitcheson

The Mental Health Foundation is welcoming a government bill expected to replace the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, which foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson says is past its use-by-date

The Coalition Government is looking at allowing physician associates to register in New Zealand to address workforce shortages, despite concerns from medical leaders 

Staff from private lab provider Medlab are alleging delays in processing samples are putting patient safety at risk, according to a letter sent to Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy

The Health and Disability Commissioner has found two psychiatric social workers breached the rights of a man who was suffering from schizophrenia and took his own life in 2016 

Pinnacle Midlands Health Network is questioning a Te Whatu Ora decision to tender for a new after-hours primary care service in Tairāwhiti