A working group has been hurriedly created this month in the lead-up to the 1 July annual capitation increase that is being awaited with “considerable pessimism” by primary care leaders
WellSouth Primary Health Network’s operating revenue dipped in 2023 as COVID-19 funding declined, but ended the financial year with its operating surplus up more than a million to $2.6 million
Hawke’s Bay was among regions scarred by Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023 and the annual report for the area’s PHO reflects this, as well as the health sector’s bold response
Auckland specialist GP Patti Piper says she is making the right move for her medical centre’s long-term future in selling to Green Cross Health, but it was still a hard decision to make
Despite ongoing uncertainty in the health sector and the end of COVID-19-related funding, Western Bay of Plenty PHO chief executive Lindsey Webber says things are looking up for 2024
THINK Hauora PHO decided to push for more use of extended-hours telehealth service Practice Plus in response to worsening pressures that have left patients and whānau struggling to find care
Just over 520 general practices took up the option of nominating an agent to be their voice at tomorrow’s contract forum talks under the lobbied for new representation process
The idea for a new Blenheim general practice, owned mainly by nurses, leapt ahead when the Marlborough PHO approached specialist GP Eric Wegener about working in a new clinic it planned
Bridget Allan’s parting call after nearly 12 years in the top job at a Wellington PHO is for health funders to put more money into the Health Care Home scheme
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management