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Genpro Launches Confidential Buy-And-Sell Service For General Practice
Friday, 1 May 2026, 7:57 am | Genpro
GenPro’s Deputy Chair, Dr Stephanie Taylor, says the service is designed to help GPs buy into or grow their ownership. More >>
GenPro Welcomes Final Approval Of New Primary Health Organisation
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 2:15 pm | Genpro
The decision follows provisional approval granted in December and confirms that thePHO will proceed to establishment, with operations expected to begin later this year. More >>
Telehealth Failing To Meet Expectations, Not Reducing Pressure On Emergency Departments – GenPro
Monday, 13 April 2026, 11:16 am | Genpro
Compounding the issue, telehealth is mostly being used by urban, employed, young adults – people least likely to present at emergency departments. More >>
GenPro Welcomes Steps To Support GP Training But Warns Workforce Crisis Needs Broader Action
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 12:31 pm | Genpro
Dr Chambers noted that even the current number of GP training places is not always fully taken up. More >>
GenPro Welcomes Green Light For Lean, Patient-Focused Primary Health Organisation
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 12:08 pm | Genpro
Primary health organisations operate between Te Whatu Ora, which funds healthcare services, and primary healthcare providers such as general practices, playing a critical role in how care is delivered to patients. More >>
Telehealth Does Nothing To Cut Emergency Department Wait Times, GP Shortages
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 12:50 pm | Genpro
“All the research shows that presenting and being treated by a family doctor results in the best outcomes for the health system and patients, especially those with multiple conditions,” says GenPro Chair Dr Angus Chambers. More >>
Urgent And After-Hours Care Support Welcome, But Budget Must Tackle GP Funding And Retention
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 8:45 am | Genpro
Looking forward, the best thing the Budget could contain is a 10 percent uplift in the government’s contribution to general practice, which covers approximately half a patient’s consultation fee More >>
GenPro Focuses BIM On Helping New Health Minister Improve Access To Primary Healthcare
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:47 am | Genpro
The new Health Minister needs to recognise the importance of primary healthcare and respond to its urgent need for financial support so it can deliver the essential services Kiwis need, says Dr Chambers, GenPro Chair. More >>
New Zealand Should Heed UK Concerns With Physician Associates, Invest In Growing Workforce
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 4:30 pm | Genpro
New Zealand should heed British concerns with physician associates and invest in growing the number of GPs, rather than spending time and money writing regulations to create a lesser role. More >>
Concerned About Going Broke, General Practices Hike Fees And Reduce Services: Survey
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:12 am | Genpro
Nine out of 10 general practices are increasing their patient fees to keep afloat as a new report shows the government is drastically underfunding primary healthcare. More >>
GPs Lay Complaint With Commerce Commission
Friday, 13 September 2024, 8:42 am | Genpro
Efforts by family doctors to keep GP visits affordable and cut waiting times are being impeded by unfair terms imposed on them by Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora. More >>
Primary Healthcare Voice Amplified By Sector Group Accord
Friday, 7 June 2024, 5:54 pm | Genpro
The two leading independent advocates for primary healthcare have signed an agreement to work together to tackle problems leaving communities without GPs and unaffordable consultation fees. More >>
Record Numbers Of GPs File Warning Notices
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 7:28 pm | Genpro
A record number of essential family doctor services have filed Clause 14 notices saying they are worried about their ability to deliver services if a nurse pay equity claim is not fully funded. More than 155 Clause 14 notices had been filed by January ... More >>
GenPro Concerned That The Approach To Childhood Immunisations Is Missing The Point
Monday, 22 January 2024, 10:13 am | Genpro
GenPro is concerned that the move by the Ministry of Health to fund childhood immunisations by Pharmacy is a missed opportunity to strengthen the existing service already provided by General Practice. Dr Angus Chambers, Chair of GenPro says “General Practice ... More >>
General Practices Begin Issuing Clause 14 Notices In Relation To The NZNO Primary Practice Pay Equity Claim
Monday, 15 January 2024, 10:30 am | Genpro
GenPro has been copied into a rising number of Clause 14 notices issued since the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) lodged its Primary Practice Pay Equity Claim against General Practice employers in early December 2023. As of January 12th, 2024, ... More >>
Next Government Must Address Serious Issues In Family Doctors Services
Friday, 22 September 2023, 6:35 am | Genpro
The next government will need to act urgently to address the serious issues in general practice services that, left unaddressed, will lead to some communities losing their family doctor. The General Practice Owners Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (GenPro) ... More >>
Nurse Pay Boost Announcement Is Premature And Insulting
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 4:10 pm | Genpro
Stressed and struggling family doctor services are insulted by the government’s announcement today of pay boosts for general practice nurses aimed at reducing the unfair pay gap between them and their nurse colleagues employed in hospitals. General ... More >>
Government's Injection Of Health Funding Is Not Reaching Essential Front-line Services Which Are In Crisis
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 10:41 am | Genpro
Today’s planned walk-out of essential general practice nurses is the direct result of the continued underfunding of general practice by successive governments and the repeated failure to provide funding to address the significant pay disparities between ... More >>
Family Doctor Services At Risk As Government Announces Real-terms Decrease In Funding
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 6:27 pm | Genpro
Family doctor services at risk as Government announces real-terms decrease in funding New Zealand’s general practice association, GenPro, says that the safety of the country’s network of family doctor services can no longer be guaranteed following ... More >>
New Zealand’s COVID Response Is Collapsing Amid On-the-spot Decision Making
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 3:57 pm | Genpro
New Zealand’s COVID response has become a reactive series of on-the-spot decision making in the absence of credible planning and a lack of consultation and engagement with health providers whom the Government is now expecting to manage out-of-control ... More >>
