12 April 2023

Emergency responders found Hawke’s Bay seasonal workers, trapped by Cyclone Gabrielle, living in conditions akin to “modern day slavery”

When the last general practice workforce survey came out in 2021, Thames-based specialist GP Martin Mikaere described the situation as “bloody difficult”

Practice nurses were left out of a pay disparities funding list released last month and health minister Ayesha Verrall says it’s still to be decided whether those nurses will be funded for a pay increase

A shocking number of GPs will be gone from primary care in five years. The health reformers have nothing to head off this disaster but there may still be time, writes Barbara Fountain

Freed from the bonds of conventional governance, Mr Campbell recently delivered a speech spelling out what he thinks has gone wrong to date with the health reforms. You can find that full speech online. Read further for an excerpt on what can be done to make a difference now

Specialist GP Vivienne Coppell is the GP team leader at Newtown Union Health Service in Wellington

Tim Malloy highlights unwanted statistics from a GenPro survey, which reveals more empty chairs in general practice and subsequent reduced services

The RNZCGP believes the departure of hundreds of GPs in coming years has got the health minister’s attention, writes Fiona Cassie

The Government is reviewing the occupational diseases that attract cover from ACC as “gradual process injuries” 

A workforce survey puts numbers on the growing workload, stress and disaffection among GPs, Fiona Cassie finds