General Practice

Community pharmacies around New Zealand are being asked to fill the gaps in after-hours services caused by general practice’s workforce crisis. Jody Hopkinson and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

Community pharmacies around New Zealand are being asked to fill the gaps in after-hours services caused by general practice’s workforce crisis. Jody Hopkinson and Jonathan Chilton-Towle report

Australia wants to lure more specialist GPs from New Zealand, with a loosening of registration rules by the country’s health ministers 

GenPro hopes the legal action it has begun against Te Whatu Ora under the Fair Trading Act will lead to fair contracts being established 

Two general practices have pulled the plug on their urgent-care clinic contracts – one pushed and one jumping – after staffing and funding issues saw them struggle to meet ACC requirements 

Some general practices have already increased patient fees by 7 to 16 per cent from 1 July due to the anticipated 4 per cent capitation increase falling far short of covering cost pressures  

Green Cross Health’s The Doctors chain of general practices has been the target of a fake app cyberattack 

General practice has been offered a 4 per cent funding uplift by Health NZ Te Whatu Ora in their annual contract talks. Is this a sign of what is coming for the pharmacy sector at the upcoming National Annual Agreement Review (NAAR) meeting on Monday?

Key Te Whatu Ora health IT projects, including the flagship Hira programme, are now facing an uncertain future due to Budget cutbacks, despite a government briefing paper highlighting the sector’s crumbling infrastructure

There is a question mark over how pharmacies will continue to be funded to provide COVID-19 antivirals without a prescription from the start of next month