5 June 2019

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says bereaved families turned her away from the idea of a suicide reduction target

Changes to primary care fund­ing arrangements will arise from the Health and Disabil­ity System Review, and these will underpin expanded mental healthcare in the primary sector

Selling up in Tokoroa; Tech companies avoid court; Waikato deputies appointed; Te Pou gets new chief; ProCare picks Indici

An attempt by the Ministry of Health to rush through a cru­cial change to GP funding could affect its relationship with pri­mary care, says funding negoti­ator and Christchurch GP Angus Chambers

Hamilton-headquartered pri­mary health innovator Pinna­cle Ventures is in talks with The Warehouse about offering gen­eral practice care in store

Primary healthcare in Kaitāia is at “breaking point” with all the town’s practices closing their books for enrolments for the first time ever, says a practice manager

The new chief executive of the college of GPs was chosen for her business acumen and mem­bership engagement abilities, says president Sam Murton

Former Nelson Hospital cardi­ologist Samuel Wilson has been suspended for one year with three years’ work supervision by the Health Practitioners Dis­ciplinary Tribunal

The Ministry of Health is keep­ing mum on the number and type of applications it has re­ceived for funding to train health postgraduates in line with equity and need

Staff of Durham Health in Ran­giora feared a drop-in clinic for children might not be workable, but their worries have vanished, says GP Steve Brown