GPA news

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 membership when accessing the Australian study package (which many found useful for studying for NZ…

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 practice, and welcomes the funding.“We are excited about this announcement, and are waiting with bated breath…

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 general practitioners (GPs) instead.“We’ve now got actually a lot of nurses coming through the system and…

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 continue to support the people of Aotearoa New Zealand so nobody is left without access 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 article “Too scared to move: Woman feels ‘nailed to bed’ after allegedly being denied pain medication”.I want…

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 drive to pull the health system out of crisis, and that you will invest in primary healthcare,…

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 strategies to reduce smoking prevalence and improve public health.We are very concerned that the Government is…

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 frontline of the frontline, says GPA chair Dr Buzz Burrell, but they barely get a mention in…

We often get asked: what’s the difference between GP Aotearoa and GenPro? Where does GPNZ fit in? … and similar questions.Each of the four main organisations representing GPs in Aotearoa New Zealand fills a very different role. Here is a quick guide to understanding what they are.General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA)We are a membership organisation for…

Thanks to those clinic owners who have reached out to us asking if it is possible to purchase group memberships for GPs working at your clinic.Good news: now you can!We’ve been working on a new membership plan, so clinic owners can register multiple people, pay for their memberships, and manage those memberships.Purchase as many “seats”…