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It is deadly silent, says Grant Davidson

The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network’s new Tautoko Rural initiative will provide rural practices and community owned rural hospitals with support to conquer COVID-19 outbreaks in their communities

An urgent meeting will be held by general practice leaders tomorrow to discuss funding in the wake of the new health agencies starting to seek advice on future funding options

The Medical Council has extended its COVID-19 pandemic scope of practice until 2023 to support the country’s Omicron response 

Rural specialist GP Fiona Bolden was pleased when the predicted summer holiday rush of COVID-19 cases failed to eventuate, but her relief is quickly dissipating as Omicron spreads 

Many health conferences have been postponed as the health sector expects busy times with Omicron 

Representing the whole of rural health in just 15 minutes was a “daunting task” but one rural leaders accepted with gusto when speaking to Pae Ora legislation committee this morning 

It is now one year since I started my role as chief executive of the Rural General Practice Network. The country was in lockdown and the health system appeared under threat from a global pandemic surging across the borders

Overwhelmed and honoured to receive the Peter Snow Memo¬rial Award, Kerikeri GP Gra¬hame Jelley had to cut his acceptance speech short to avoid becoming a “blubbering mess”

After four months of lockdown in Auckland, it feels strange to think back on the National Rural Health Conference, held at the Wairakei Resort in Taupō earlier this year