6 November 2024

GP registrars are the future of general practice, and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa wants to hear from them. We asked Brooke Battersby 11 questions about general practice, medical school and what excites her about her career ahead

Policy backflips, funding squeezes and never-ending upheavals – the sector’s shifts are enough to make anyone dizzy. Amid all the chaos, something must be said for pausing and reflecting writes Barbara Fountain

The Health Media is excited to announce the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards|He Tohu Mauri Ora are returning

Francis Katoa reflects on personal experiences, advocating for culturally responsive healthcare for Pasifika and marginalised communities

Journalist Martin Johnston finds a plan by Te Whatu Ora to get more GP trainees into Māori, Pacific and rural practices failed to consider the perverse incentives it would create; the RNZCGP objected

Never has a flat white tasted so sour as when a fees review committee was said to have urged a practice to set up a café to make some money

New players are understood to have applied for Whānau Ora commissioning agency contracts, which have increased from three to four

Mira Harrison has been carrying around the idea of her novel for more than 30 years

A genetic study of 2.6 million people has identified 149 genes previously not known to be associated with gout

GenPro is challenging the way increases in patient fees are reviewed, a process it say asks practices to reveal confidential revenue streams and potentially induces them to breach competition law