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Greens’ Health Funding Must Be Spent From The Bottom Up
Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 9:56 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) urges the Green Party to commit to a defined bottom-up spending strategy to address the core crisis pushing healthcare to the brink. More >>
ACT’s GP Focus Welcomed, But The Walk Doesn’t Match The Talk
Monday, 19 October 2026, 9:59 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
The policy is a proposed increase in funding of $100 million per year for the next four years. More >>
Nurse Training Reduction Unacceptable
Friday, 16 October 2026, 11:20 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
“The Government should be increasing funding to the health sector, not draining the workforce to match the current dismal funding,” says GPA spokesperson Dr Buzz Burrell. More >>
National’s Fiscal Plan: GP System In Crisis Mode As National Leaves Doctor Salaries Out Of Operational Funding
Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 11:58 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) spokesperson Dr Buzz Burrell says general practice is already in crisis, and may not survive another three years of underfunding. More >>
It’s Not Too Late To Change Course: GPs Urge Government To Retrain Physician Associates As Doctors
Monday, 5 October 2026, 2:40 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
GPA’s position on PAs practising in New Zealand is that employers and the government should support them to retrain in established professions such as GPs, nurses, paramedics and occupational therapists. More >>
Labour’s Fiscal Plan Is A Plan To Fail Healthcare: GPs
Monday, 5 October 2026, 2:25 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
It’s nice to see Labour recognise the critical importance of primary care by offering free GP visits, but there already aren’t enough GPs to see everyone. More >>
What Is Going On Within NZ First? GPs Shocked At Health Policy U-Turn
Tuesday, 22 September 2026, 7:42 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
The most disappointing thing, according to GPA spokesperson Dr Buzz Burrell, is that prior to this announcement NZ First had some of the best pro-GP policy of any governing party. More >>
Nationwide Campaign Touts The Value Of Family Doctors, Hints At GP Crisis
Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 7:34 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
The advocacy campaign, backed by General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA), aims to inform people of the GP crisis. More >>
Funding General Practice: Sometimes Paul Needs The Money More Than Peter
Friday, 28 August 2026, 2:01 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
Half of GPs plan to retire in the next 10 years, 17% are planning to leave New Zealand, many are planning to change specialty and many work part time. More >>
Act, The ‘Efficiency’ Party, Proposes Dangerous, Wasteful Pharmacy Scheme
Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 7:41 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
Act isn’t innovating, they are recklessly setting up a shadow system instead of supporting the existing one to do its job. More >>
GPs Slam ‘Fees Freeze’ As Political Stunt Leading To A Two-Tiered Health System
Monday, 8 June 2026, 5:50 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
Dr. Buzz Burrell says this will lead to a two-tiered system where well-off New Zealanders pay exorbitant rates, and those who can’t afford it miss out on essential healthcare. More >>
‘I Had To Choose My Family’: Parting Words From Resigning GPs
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 8:44 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
In 2026, GPA data shows an uptick in GPs leaving the profession, with some moving to private practice, hospital work, overseas, or retiring early. More >>
Pharmacist Treatments: Government Depriving Kiwis Of Their Right To See A GP For Potentially Serious Illness
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 1:01 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
Why is the government diverting essential work away from GPs? Everybody has a right to see their doctor for these illnesses. They can be serious problems, and they require careful plans. More >>
2026 Election Shaping Up To Be A Battle To Save The Whānau Doctor
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 9:22 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
“Access to whānau doctors is going to be one of the big planks of the 2026 election,” says Dr Buzz Burrell, chair of General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA). More >>
Labour Offering Healthcare Appeasements When We Need To Declare War On Systemic Neglect: GPs
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 4:21 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
“Without supporting systems, this policy promises access to GP appointments that successive governments have deliberately starved to the point of collapse,” says Dr Buzz Burrell, chair of General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA). More >>
Strike Solution: Hospitals Wouldn’t Be Overworked If GPs Were Funded Properly
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 6:20 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) has proposed a solution to the impasse between the government, and the doctors and nurses taking part in this week’s “mega strike”. More >>
Politicians Can’t Be Trusted With GP Fees
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 8:21 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
“For years now, the government has been underfunding the GP system, while giving the green light to glory projects,” says GPA chair Dr Buzz Burrell. More >>
Government Splashing Billions On New Dunedin Hospital; Preventative Healthcare Would Cost A Fraction
Monday, 22 September 2025, 7:18 am | General Practitioners Aotearoa
Increasing access to general practitioners is proven to improve health across the population and decrease the load on hospitals. More >>
General Practitioners Welcome Funding Shake-Up
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 2:27 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) chair Dr Buzz Burrell says the shake-up will help the GPs who are most stretched better serve their patients. More >>
GPs Scratching Their Heads About Government’s $164 Million Urgent Care Promise
Monday, 19 May 2025, 2:05 pm | General Practitioners Aotearoa
“The very first thing the Government needs to be asking,” says GPA chair Dr Buzz Burrell, “is why do so many people go to urgent care facilities?” More >>
