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National, ACT and New Zealand First all have health policies they have been hawking on the hustings. Once coalition talks start, some of those policies will make it through the horse-trading, some will fall prey to political expediency. Stephen Forbes examines the policies and promises on offer

Colville Community Health Centre will close its doors for the last time on 27 October due to long-serving GP Kate Armstrong-Campbell stepping down in the face of funding and workforce shortages

As many commentators anticipated, the general election on 14 October did not produce a clear-cut result. With more than 560,000 special votes still being counted, National cannot yet be sure whether it will form a government with ACT alone or with New Zealand First on board as well. Stephen Forbes looks at how candidates with a ‘health-y twist’ fared on election night

The small South Taranaki town of Manaia has a medical clinic for the first time in almost 30 years

National, ACT and New Zealand First all have health policies they have been hawking on the hustings. Once coalition talks start, some of those policies will make it through the horse-trading, some will fall prey to political expediency. Stephen Forbes examines the policies and promises on offer

Consultants Sapere and Synergia have started work on a review of capitation and general practice funding

A new round of lab strikes is being felt by GPs in the South Island as Awanui/SCL Group operates its laboratories under reduced hours, or closes them altogether during the industrial action

Colville in rural Coromandel will be without a dedicated family doctor after the resignation of long-serving specialist GP Kate Armstrong-Campbell

National Party candidate Vanessa Weenink is counting down the days to discover whether she has won the seat of Banks Peninsula

The latest hostilities in the Middle East are weighing heavily on Waikato GP registrar Ruba Harfeil, who grew up on the Palestinian West Bank