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General Practice New Zealand chair Bryan Betty says Te Whatu Ora and the Government need to address ongoing issues in the community laboratory testing sector to provide greater stability for the country’s health system

A new study from the University of Auckland is calling for New Zealand to align its regulations concerning blood donations with those of Canada and the UK to allow more gay and bisexual men to donate

Deputy health and disability commissioner Deborah James says a doctor was ultimately responsible for allowing an unqualified employee to administer Botox injections to a woman who suffered adverse side effects

Aged care commissioner Carolyn Cooper says a medical centre’s failure to monitor a man's prostate cancer adequately breached the code and may have prevented the early detection of a pancreatic tumour

A briefing to the new minister of ACC, Matt Doocey, says sexual abuse and assault claims have surged since changes were introduced in 2014

ACC’s potential liability in three recent Court of Appeal decisions could play havoc with the Coalition Government’s books, according to Treasury’s 2023 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU)

The Government will increase the supply of free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) until June this year

A legal battle is under way between two of the biggest players in the general practice IT systems market

ACC’s potential liability in three recent Court of Appeal decisions could play havoc with the Coalition Government’s books, according to Treasury’s 2023 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU)

A GP’s registration has been cancelled by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal after she had a sexual relationship with a patient, altered records and inappropriately prescribed controlled drugs