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A Year On, General Practice Still Waiting For Promised Funding Review
Friday, 22 November 2024, 9:40 am | General Practice Owners Association
Two days after the formation of the coalition, new Health Minister Shane Reti told NZ Doctor that he’ll proceed with implementing the Sapere report on funding. Published in 2022, the Sapere report pointed to significant under investment and issues with ... More >>
General Practices Welcome Fast-Track Approvals Process
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 1:44 pm | General Practice Owners Association
A new fast-track approval process is a good start, but more is needed to fix New Zealand’s chronic GP shortage, says the General Practice Owners Association (GenPro). More >>
‘Get Ready For Flying Doctors’ - Fast-track Aussie Approval Increases Urgency For NZ Funding Fix
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 5:56 am | General Practice Owners Association
The fast-track process means a GP who qualified as a fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners after 2012 is deemed to have a similar qualification to that in Australia, which means they will see patients sooner. More >>
Waikanae Closure Another Symptom Of Funding Debacle, Urgent Cure Needed
Monday, 14 October 2024, 9:56 am | General Practice Owners Association
“Waikanae Beach patients, many of whom are elderly and high needs, will now have to travel much further to access medical help at Waikanae Health. This puts more even pressure on this health provider,” said Angus Chambers, Chair of the GenPro. More >>
GP Closures Regrettable, Get Ready For More
Thursday, 10 October 2024, 8:05 pm | General Practice Owners Association
Recent closures of general practices and calls for unprofitable GPs to run cafes to stay afloat are more evidence that communities are paying the price from years of government underfunding of primary health care. More >>
GPs Frustrated By Funding Model Which Restricts Patient Access, Increases Deaths From Lung Cancer
Saturday, 28 September 2024, 3:38 pm | General Practice Owners Association
An urgent need to increase patients’ access to general practice is the clear message from new research on New Zealand’s single biggest cause of cancer deaths, lung cancer. More >>
Shuffling Deck Chairs Won’t Fix GP Funding Crisis – GenPro
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:53 pm | General Practice Owners Association
Changes to the way general practices are funded must not descend into shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic, says the General Practice Owners Association (GenPro). More >>
Adequate Funding Will Help End GP Shortage And Improve Patient Care
Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:06 pm | General Practice Owners Association
The chronic shortage of general practice doctors will only get worse until the government steps in to fix the main problem – a lack of funding for primary healthcare. More >>
Adequate Funding Will Help End GP Shortage And Improve Patient Care
Friday, 23 August 2024, 5:47 pm | General Practice Owners Association
Chambers says it's hard for general practices in New Zealand to compete with salaries on offer in public hospitals or overseas. New Zealand GPs were routinely offered jobs with better pay and better conditions in Australia. More >>
Tairāwhiti Primary Care Crisis ‘The Canary In The Coal Mine’
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 7:12 pm | General Practice Owners Association
The issues in Tairāwhiti are being seen in other parts of New Zealand, meaning communities are losing their access to general, injury and mental healthcare. More >>
Inadequate Funding From Health New Zealand Puts Further Pressure On Patients
Friday, 19 July 2024, 6:45 pm | General Practice Owners Association
The General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (GenPro) has firmly rejected the latest funding offer from Health New Zealand, warning that patients will be the ones who feel the pinch. More >>
Fall In Primary Care Enrolments Highlights Pressures On General Practice
Sunday, 14 July 2024, 12:38 pm | General Practice Owners Association
The current general practice funding model is broken, and the four percent uplift nowhere near adequate. More >>
GPs Warn Of Fee Increases And More Closures If Miserly 4 Percent Uplift Confirmed
Thursday, 20 June 2024, 1:22 pm | General Practice Owners Association
GPs fees will have to rise after Te Whatu Ora failed to cover the increased costs of providing community healthcare, the General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (GenPro) is warning. More >>
GenPro Chair Announces New Board Members
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 7:51 pm | General Practice Owners Association
Following the AGM held on October 17th, GenPro Chair, Dr. Angus Chambers is pleased to announce the appointment of the following GenPro members to the Board. Dr. Victoria Jones – Dr. Jones is a GP and Director of Katikati Medical Centre, bringing the ... More >>
GenPro Disappointed By The Comments Of The Prime Minister
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 7:40 am | General Practice Owners Association
GenPro was disheartened to hear the comments made to the media by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins regarding nurse pay parity on August 8th. It is clear that parity will not be achieved through increased funding in the immediate future with the Prime ... More >>
Budget Will Not Prevent The Further Decline Of Family Doctor Services
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 3:09 pm | General Practice Owners Association
General Practice owners say today’s Budget is insufficient to address the chronic workforce and underfunding issues crippling the sector. “Sadly, the announcements in today’s Budget won’t stop people having to wait weeks to see their family ... More >>
Access To Family Doctor Services Is Reducing
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 6:02 am | General Practice Owners Association
People are unable to access some essential family doctor services as the services are being cut due to chronic workforce shortages and underfunding in general practice. A survey of general practices has found more than half (53%) of essential family ... More >>
Family Doctor Services Struggling As Hospitals Poach Nurses
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 6:13 am | General Practice Owners Association
Family doctor services are struggling to attract and retain nurses, as they compete with a growing pay gap between their nurses and those employed in the country’s hospitals. New Plymouth’s Devon Medical Centre has lost two nurses since the start ... More >>
Stretched Family Doctor Services Are On The Brink
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 7:16 pm | General Practice Owners Association
People are waiting longer to see their family doctor as workforce issues and underfunding stretch General Practice services and place them under threat. The country’s General Practice clinics have united behind their association, GenPro, to today launch a ... More >>
New Voices Join The Call For Sustainable General Practice
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:15 am | General Practice Owners Association
The General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (GenPro), whose objectives include providing strong, credible and effective national representation for New Zealand’s network of general practice and urgent care business owners, ... More >>
