Health reforms

An ongoing increase in families declining childhood vaccines has emerged in the latest quarterly report on PHO performance, at the same time as a slight increase in immunisation rates

Te Whatu Ora has selected the frontline health workers to lead its first four national clinical networks.

Boundaries for a further 22 of the 60 or so localities planned to cover the country are set to be signed off, says Te Whatu Ora national director commissioning Abbe Anderson

An independent review of the health reforms’ progress is to start shortly but will not be completed until after the election

The English pharmacy sector is begging the NHS to stop stealing community pharmacists to work in general practice after three years of a programme similar to one being proposed here.

The English pharmacy sector is begging the NHS to stop stealing community pharmacists to work in general practice after three years of a programme similar to one being proposed here.

A long-awaited plan for transforming New Zealand’s health system promises to lay foundations for improving health outcomes and stamping out inequities will do so with no new money for the first two years

Four key challenges to implementing localities, including general practice willingness, are outlined by health systems researcher Tim Tenbensel in a guest editorial in the latest Journal of Primary Health Care 

The money tap is about to be turned on for pharmacists to work in general practice settings, writes Amanda Cameron

The money tap is about to be turned on for pharmacists to work in general practice settings, writes Amanda Cameron