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What is next for health IT in 2025? Reporter Stephen Forbes talks to four folk from the sector about the growth areas – and potential flashpoints – shaping the year ahead

Auckland PHO saw its operating surplus grow 65.3 per cent in 2024, according to its latest annual report

Reporter Stephen Forbes finds words of support for the appointment of public health physician and experienced sector leader Dale Bramley to lead Te Whatu Ora, but the man himself remains elusive

Letters sent to about 20 general practices and health professionals nationwide warning them of potential legal action for prescribing puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care are not an idle threat, according to former ACT Party MP and Wellington-based lawyer Stephen Franks

A Porirua medical centre is struggling to maintain staff after a slew of resignations but has managed to avoid reducing its operating hours by using locums 

Global software company Banyan Software has bought PMS provider Medtech 

A new Te Whatu Ora report spells out some of the organisation’s key priorities in the South Island for 2025 

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora says it will announce the successful tenderer for a new after-hours primary care service in Tairāwhiti this month

The Ministry of Health’s recently released public health surveillance strategy will look to improve how data is collected and used to improve the health of New Zealanders

Minister of health Simeon Brown has refused to commit to a new target for reduced wait times for GP visits