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More than 400 wāhine health professionals have been recognised for their contribution to mentoring in the 2020 Minister of Health Volunteer Awards, announced earlier this month 

Primary healthcare nurses and administration staff will participate in a 24-hour strike on 9 November and 23 November after lack of progress in pay parity negotiations with the Ministry of Health 

Roxburgh, home of New Zealand’s oldest cinema and Jimmy’s Pies, now also has its first nurse practitioner

A report shows healthcare workers in New Zealand were infected in the COVID-19 “first wave” at a lower rate than their counterparts elsewhere

Roxburgh, home of New Zealand’s oldest cinema and Jimmy’s Pies, now also has its first nurse practitioner

Health professionals and consumers have until November to submit feedback on the Ministry of Health’s review of the Section 88 Primary Maternity Services Notice 

A GP has been criticised after prescribing a patient with a long history of mental illness a potentially dangerous amount of antidepressants 

A report shows healthcare workers in New Zealand were infected in the COVID-19 “first wave” at a lower rate than their counterparts elsewhere  

A GP has been censured, and suspended for two months after failing to comply with fortnightly urine testing, for inappropriate prescribing and breaching previous conditions on his scope of practice

Youth health service Health Connections has fulfilled its goal of setting up another clinic just six months after its south Auckland practice opened