Dr Branko Sijnja named as 2022 recipient of Peter Snow Memorial Award
Influential GP Dr Branko Sijnja has been named as the recipient of the Peter Snow Memorial Award for 2022. Branko was nominated for his service and dedication to rural health for over 40 years. He is well known in the South Otago town of Balclutha and by many students at the University of Otago (UoO) […]
Hauora Taiwhenua heralds beginning of a brighter future for rural health
The launch of Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network heralds the beginning of a brighter future for rural health. The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network is coming together with its rural health partners to form the new collective organisation Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network, launching at Parliament on 28 June 2022. As a collective organisation […]
Rural scores big win in Pae Ora legislation
Rural groups are celebrating the inclusion of rural communities as a priority group in a late change to the Pae Ora legislation. Health Minister Andrew Little introduced a last-minute Supplementary Orders Paper to the Committee stage of the reading of the Pae Ora Healthy Futures Bill yesterday at Parliament. Both the National Party and Act […]
Capitation funding increase falls miserably short for rural general practice
The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network supports the General Practice Leaders Forum’s response to the proposed capitation funding increase for general practices which falls miserably short. The proposed recommendation, discussed during the PHO Services Agreement Amendment Protocol (PSAAP) group meeting yesterday, fell so short that a group of general practice leaders walked out of […]
RGPN Pānui May 2022
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Rural communities again “left in the wilderness” by the Government’s Pae Ora Healthy Futures Bill
The New Zealand Rural General Practice Network (the Network) is appalled that rural communities have been “left in the wilderness” by the Pae Ora Health Futures Bill, which was recommended by the Select Committee to Parliament for a second reading today. In its oral submission to the Pae Ora Healthy Futures Bill Select Committee in […]
New Zealand Institute of Rural Health to join Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network
The New Zealand Institute of Rural Health (the Institute) will bring a wealth of rural health research history and knowledge when it joins forces with Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network when the new organisation officially launches in July 2022. Since its beginning in 2001, the Institute has supported several large rural research projects and supported […]
Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network resolutions passed
During the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 17 March 2022, members voted on the special resolutions regarding our transition to Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network. We received an overwhelming majority vote in favour of the transition to Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network, and these resolutions were passed. This is […]
RGPN Pānui March 2022
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