Budget Boost for South Island Healthcare

New funding for after-hours care 'not going to go very far' - GP and urgent care doctor

General practice doctors are grateful the government is providing new funding for after-hours urgent health care but there are major concerns about how it will be staffed.

ACT Welcomes Urgent Care Boost Made Possible By Savings Across Government

Expanding urgent and after-hours care means better access for patients, less pressure on emergency departments, and more choice – especially in rural and regional areas.

Budget boost for South Island healthcare

Health Minister Simeon Brown (left) and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the announcement in Auckland. Image: RNZ South Island communities will have better access to urgent and after-hours healthcare as part of a nationwide investment, the Health Minister says.

Government boosting urgent and after-hours healthcare

Health Minister Simeon Brown, left, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon outside East Care Accident and Medical in Botany. Times file photo Kiwis needing urgent health care will benefit from a big funding boost for urgent and after-hours healthcare services across New Zealand, Health Minister and Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown says. Brown and Prime Minister and Botany MP Christopher Luxon made the announcement at East Care Accident and Medical in Bo…

Southland Urgent and After-Hours care boosted under Budget 2025

invercargill and Southland to receive new urgent and after-hours healthcare services expansionRural areas including Stewart Island and Tuatapere will get 24/7 clinical support and urgent medicinesInvercargill to get new daytime urgent care service available seven days each weekAccess to urgent and after-hours healthcare is set to improve in Invercargill and Southland, thanks to a major national investment in Budget 2025.Invercargill MP Penny Sim…