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1 week ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Martin Johnston |Tim Tenbensel |Peter Huskinson
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has warned her 2025 “Growth Budget” will be “one of the tightest budgets in a decade”, with plans to reduce spending by billions. It’s clear New Zealand is following a global trend towards austerity by focusing on reducing government spending and lowering government debt. Complicating the economic picture for the government are Donald Trump’s tariffs and his trade war with China.
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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Tim Tenbensel
Over the summer, it was clear that prime minister Christopher Luxon knew that health could turn into a significant electoral liability in 2026. It prompted his appointment of a self-professed “Mr Fixit”, Simeon Brown, as health minister. Fast forward six weeks, and I doubt I’m the only commentator to have had the phrase “back to the future” flash through my mind during Mr Brown’s major policy announcements in the first week of March.
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2 months ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Martin Johnston
+Print Archive News New ground in tough times: Otago Medical School dean up for challenge Suzanne Pitama – the new dean of the University of Otago Medical School, will be working to support relationships between the school, the community, the college and Te Whatu Ora [Image: Supplied] The new dean of Otago Medical School is a psychologist who has cut her leadership teeth at the school’s Christchurch campus.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Martin Johnston
+Opinion Forward Thinking Why I am excited about the future of primary care The road may be long, but brighter days could be just around the bend [Image: Ian Taylor on Unsplash] Jess Morgan-French explains why she’s feeling hopeful about primary care, from game-changing digital tools to the power of collaboration and equity-driven innovation “Five years ago, the Health Care Home model was already embedded in about 100 practices across Aotearoa.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Tim Tenbensel |Fiona Cassie |Patrice Dougan
Cameron Schauer and Jason Robertson describe the symptoms, aetiology, subtypes and consequences of reflux. They also discuss the investigations used for diagnosis, investigating those with alarm features and evaluating success of treatment. Finally, they examine multimodal treatment, including lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Keira Stephenson |Zahra Shahtahmasebi
+News Practice owners seek greater share of System Level Measures money GenPro wants 75 per cent of System Level Measures funding to go to practices [Image: Chronis Yan] ESSENTIALS
System Level Measures were introduced in 2016.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Keira Stephenson |Zahra Shahtahmasebi
+News Practice owners seek greater share of quality-incentives money GenPro wants 75 per cent of System Level Measures funding to go to practices [Image: Chronis Yan] ESSENTIALS
System Level Measures were introduced in 2016.
SLMs come with funding of $26 million a year, a quarter of which re, READ MORE Oops, please login or sign up to read more. LOGIN SUBSCRIBE Related Articles
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel
+Print Archive Commentary Health funding rollercoaster: Can we ring-fence the moolah? [Image: alexsl on iStock] Tim Tenbensel looks at the vexed issue of health funding and how, currently, it remains susceptible to political vagaries Over the course of this extraordinary year in New Zealand health policy, I’ve sensed an increasing appetite to question one of the fundamental design Oops, please login or sign up to read more. LOGIN SUBSCRIBE
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Tom Bowden
Cameron Schauer and Jason Robertson describe the symptoms, aetiology, subtypes and consequences of reflux. They also discuss the investigations used for diagnosis, investigating those with alarm features and evaluating success of treatment. Finally, they examine multimodal treatment, including lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Tim Tenbensel |Peter Huskinson
New analysis shows Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora is unlikely to find the requested $1.4 billion in savings without impacting frontline services. Health Minister Dr Shane Reti in July said without urgent action, Health New Zealand would run an estimated deficit of that amount by the end of 2024-25.
