Well, it’s one of the main reasons. On Friday, NBR’s Tim Hunter wrote an article, A window on the world of general practice (paywalled), outlining some realities of the GP industry. And it is an industry – almost all family…
The Government is inviting New Zealanders to share their views on health workforce regulation by 11.59 pm Wednesday 30 April. The consultation is a series of questions, which we are making a submission on. GPA notes that our submission represents…
PassGP is a study resource for registrars, and has just launched a bank of GPEP and RHMTP questions, available exclusively to GPA members. Last year we partnered with PassGP to save GPA members more than the cost of their GPA…
Health Minister Simeon Brown announced this week that Health New Zealand would provide a $285 million “uplift for general practice over three years”. General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) is very happy to see the new Minister focusing his attention on general…
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) strongly condemns comments Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made on Newstalk ZB’s Kerre Woodham Mornings show on Friday. Asked by a caller about the lack of positions in hospitals for new nurses, Luxon suggests they could replace…
On Friday, in Associate Minister of Health David Seymour’s State of the Nation speech, he floated the idea of giving New Zealanders the option of opting out of the public health system. General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) encourages this Government to…
This letter was written to Stuff journalist Mildred Armah, and Stuff and Manawatū Standard editors, on behalf of GPA. Dear Mildred, and the Stuff and Manawatū Standard editorial teams, I am writing as Chair of General Practitioners Aotearoa, in response to the January 27…
To the Honourable Simeon Brown, Congratulations on your appointment as Minister of Health. We are encouraged to hear you have made it a priority to reduce patient wait times for GP appointments. We hope that you will bring a fresh…
General Practitioners Aotearoa opposes the Government’s recent decision to fund specific smoking cessation products, namely vaping kits. As New Zealand’s only independent organisation representing general practitioners, General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) is committed to keeping an open mind and supporting evidence-based…
This week’s Health Workforce Plan released by Te Whatu Ora demonstrates a profound negligence, says General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA). The purpose of the Plan is to “to strengthen the clinical frontline and deliver on the Government’s priorities”. GPs are the…
