The $170,000 spent on locums to staff Porirua's after hours service each month would be better spent employing permanent doctors, the junior doctors' union says
Lockdown has seen the Ministry of Health reverse its decision not to renew funding for the popular rural locum service set up last year to support to general practices impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Rural general practice leader Grant Davidson is concerned that the Ministry of Health will not renew funding for the popular pandemic-response locum service
Ministry of Health funding for a pandemic-response rural roving locum service has ended but rural general practice leader Fiona Bolden is keen to see it continue
Many overseas doctors want to work in New Zealand, but a pandemic-related pause on doctor residency applications is getting in the way, say recruitment agencies.
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