General Practice

Māori and Pacific children face more barriers to seeing a GP than other children and those who do are twice as likely to be hospitalised, according to a new report led by a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher

The Medical Council is warning doctors spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination rollout that it could cost them their jobs

Rapid population growth in rural Auckland has led to plans for a new general practice plus pharmacy

Transforming the communication platform across its national network has changed the way Tāmaki Health communicates with its patient population

The latest full-year results are in from Green Cross Health and its medical and community health divisions have done better than last year, while its pharmacy division has not

Whether the Government should introduce a universal free health system and scrap copayments is an option being included in the Government's health reform Transition Unit’s next advice, according to deputy head Martin Hefford

In Christchurch, a pharmacy and a medical centre have collaborated to turn a former shoe store into possibly the first primary care-run COVID vaccination site in New Zealand

New figures show the rate of antidepressants being prescribed over the past four years is at an all-time high and there's a huge disparity between ethnic groups

Health minister Andrew Little explains details of his reforms in an interview with New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

GPs should especially be on the lookout for medication-related harm in elderly patients, according to the lead author of a new study that crunched general practice data