25 October 2023

Anticipating the results of the special votes is a bit like waiting for a social occasion to hit its stride, writes Barbara Fountain

Specialist GP Alison Fawdry is a partner at Tauranga’s Fifth Avenue Family Practice, the Waikato/Bay of Plenty RNZCGP faculty chair and a GP trainer

Tom Mulholland never saw his work as ‘just a job’. It was a mission, writes Alan Perrott

Former health minister Andrew Little announced last week he is retiring from politics

Specialist GP Anae Neru Leavasa may be leaving Parliament but won’t be quitting public life, Alan Perrott reports

A device that removes all clots in deep vein thrombosis in a single procedure, without clot-busting medication, has been used in the North Island for the first time, says Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley

More than 30 practices have formally notified their PHO of problems in fulfilling their contractual obligations since June, mainly because of workforce and funding issues, according to GenPro

Pharmac’s senior managers are to front up to their board to explain how they will avoid repeating the controversy sparked early this month by the publication of internal emails criticising journalist Rachel Smalley, an advocate for better access to medicines

Colville Community Health Centre will close its doors for the last time on 27 October due to long-serving GP Kate Armstrong-Campbell stepping down in the face of funding and workforce shortages

Whanganui GPs were frustrated to be told by Te Whatu Ora only urgent medical referrals can be taken at Whanganui Hospital after the number of medical consultants temporarily plunged to just two