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nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Barbara Fountain
+News GPs, midwives, nurses, specialists, advocates and a forensic psychiatrist make honours list One hundred and eighty-eight people were honoured by King Charles in the King’s Birthday Honours [Image: Red Portrait May 2024, Royal.UK] Editor Barbara Fountain searches the citations for this year’s King’s Birthday Honours for recipients with connections to primary care and the wider health sector.
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Stephen Forbes |Barbara Fountain |Fiona Cassie
+News In print Helpful Heidi AI gets doctors out from behind their screens Heidi transcriptions can be turned into clinical documents – such as a GP note or referral [Image: Suriphon Singha on iStock] As AI gains ground in various workplaces, the array of new software can be confusing.
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Anthony O’Brien |Alan Perrott
+News In print Budget 2025 Funding for crisis response overhaul a positive step, says psychiatrist The co-response model the Government is looking to expand has had positive results, says psychiatrist David Codyre [Image: Canva composite] Essentials
Budget 2025 puts $28 million into shifting 111 mental health calls from police to specialist crisis teams, with 10 new co-respons, READ MORE Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber?
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Patrice Dougan |Frances Matthews |Alan Perrott
+News 'Political interference' blamed for block on transgender-care guidelines Updated guidelines on gender-affirming care have been withheld from publication, with no new date stated for their release, the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa says [Image: YY on Unsplash] Essentials The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa was contracted to update clinical guidelines on gender-affirming ca, READ MORE Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata...
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Stephen Forbes
+News In print Cover Story Why ‘positive disruptor’ Bev Lawton’s big win matters so much 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Bev Lawton (Ngāti Porou) alongside Rangi Kipa’s sculpture Pikimairawea at Victoria University where she is founder/director of Te Tātai Hauora o Hine, the National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa Reporter Alan Perrott talks to women’s health advocate and distinguished GP fellow Bev Lawton, a reluctant 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Essentials...
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Fiona Cassie |Bryan Betty |Patrice Dougan
+News Budget 2025 'Underwhelming’ Budget puts added pressure on PSAAP Cancelling pay equity settlements will affect nurses in primary care and cause harm, says General Practice NZ chief executive Maura Thompson [Image: Canva composite] Essentials
An underwhelming Budget 2025 will put added impetus on PSAAP talks to address cost pressures in general practice, according to Ge, READ MORE Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber?
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Alan Perrott
+News Budget 2025: It’s an austerity Budget for Māori providers No new money, so Māori healthcare providers can only keep on going, says National Hauora Coalition medical director Nina Bevin [Image: Canva composite] Essentials
No new funding for Māori health or equity initiatives.
Hauora Māori funding rises slightly, but its share of total, READ MORE Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber?
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2 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Patrice Dougan |Barbara Fountain
+News Budget 2025: A preview for primary care – a year of pre-commitments Hundreds of millions of dollars of pre-commitments in healthcare funding covering several years have been announced ahead of Budget 2025 and its Vote Health [Image: Canva composite] Essentials
The Government will release its Budget for the 2025/26 financial year at Parliament on Thursday.
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Patrice Dougan |Bruce Arroll
+In the spotlight In print From lived experience to peer support – NZ’s first mental health minister Matt Doocey on what makes him tick Matt Doocey has experience of navigating his own mental health issues. He pushed for the creation of a dedicated mental health minister, and took up the role after the 2023 election [Image: Hagen Hopkins] When the Coalition Government formed in November 2023, Matt Doocey became the country’s first mental health minister.
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nzdoctor.co.nz | Fiona Cassie |Patrice Dougan
+News Budget 2025 ‘Nobody a winner’: Nurses say Budget fails primary care The Budget shows the Government’s “changed” approach to funding pay equity for workforces like primary care nurses contributes to it saving billions of dollars [Image: Canva composite] The Government’s refusal to commit funding for pay equity for primary and community care nurses in a Budget built on billions in pay equity savings is Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber? Unlock this...
