Fiona Cassie

Fiona Cassie We are on our summer break and the editorial office is closed until 13 January.

Are physician associates a much-needed extra source of safe hands for stretched general practice?

A small marae-based GP clinic without a nurse for 12 weeks never gave up hope they would find someone.

This summer was the first major test for rural after-hours telehealth provider Ka Ora Telecare, which handled a record near-2000 calls on 2 January.

WellSouth's half-share of a million-dollar deficit by its general practice joint venture contributed to its own $1.67 million deficit, the PHO's financial statements show.

The impact of a last-minute funding incentive for general practices to take on more job-hunting new graduate nurses is unclear with numbers employed currently looking like previous years

Frustrated at working at corporate practices, Tīmarubased specialist GP Martijn Phaff went out on his own in 2022 and has no regrets. Trained in the Netherlands, he shares his views with Fiona Cassie on the pluses of solo practice and the negatives of corporate ownership creep

The employers’ offer for the country’s biggest practice nurse pay deal was “overwhelmingly rejected” by nurses before Christmas

In 2023, the tiny Twizel Medical Centre found itself facing a $150,000 shortfall for providing 24/7 medical emergency cover to a beautiful but sometimes deadly part of the country