Pāhiatua Medical Centre’s only permanent GP has signalled his intention to quit

The last general practitioner of a clinic for 4500 patients in Horowhenua has resigned.

New Zealand First has backtracked on its own history as a supporter of primary healthcare and is promoting a plan to erode trust in the healthcare system, says General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA)

Health New Zealand cannot say whether GP capacity in Wairarapa has kept pace with rising patient enrolments, admitting it does not centrally collect GP vacancy data.

A nurse believes her father might have died unnoticed in an emergency department if she hadn’t been there.

Tasked to provide advice on NSW prescribing, a GP has walked away after claims of being ignored, with the RACGP calling the move ‘an absolute red flag’.

There are no words to describe how appalling the hospital system is in, writes Kelly Green.

Emergency department doctors and nurses across New Zealand describe conditions they say are unsafe

Emergency department doctors and nurses across New Zealand describe conditions they say are unsafe

Future governments are being urged to spend more on medicines and reap big savings.

Patients presenting at Wellington Hospital's emergency department have faced wait times of more than 24 hours to be seen this month.

A survey of 1600 people has found two-thirds of New Zealanders are willing to pay more tax for better healthcare - particularly when it comes to cancer.

Healthcare workers say the 'broken' system is 'on the brink of collapse'.

General Practitioners Aotearoa says ACT's proposal to expand pharmacists power is a red flag for a failing health system.

Women’s health advocates have called the scale of the cervical cancer testing notification failures “staggering”.

Article at The Press about ED doctors having to do unsafe medicine and treat patients in the hallways at Christchurch Hospital because of overcrowding.

A new target from this month aims for 80% to see a provider within one week.

It says it has been unable to secure enough GPs to sustain 'a safe clinical practice'.

It was a program designed to ease the workload of UK GPs, but has expanding the role of other health professionals helped?

Dr Geoff Cunningham also says there is an anti-GP ideology in the Ministry of Health.

Article on rural Cantabrians waiting 3 years to enrol with a local GP

The new research shows infants, people over 70, Māori and Pacific peoples and those living in areas of high deprivation more at risk.

The government funding would provide up to 378 additional full-time staff across nursing, medical, allied health and support roles and 71 extra winter hospital beds.

An article by The Post about how much patients pay to see their GP in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Treasury warned the Government’s proposed online GP care service risked driving up costs and missing the patients who need it most 

Dr. Buzz Burrell discusses the government's latest investment in to healthcare, an investment he believes is not enough to provide sufficient upgrades for