Our Mission
To promote and advocate for sustainable, responsive and high-quality general practice services for the New Zealand population.
Our Vision
Sustainable, viable and high-quality general practice for all New Zealanders.
Our Objectives
To provide sector leadership on issues affecting Members by:
- To lead the sector on issues affecting members by serving on influential bodies and providing expert advice to organisations shaping General Practice, Urgent Care services and associated professions.
- Influencing and promoting legislation, regulations and policy for the betterment of the interests of the
Members or for the accomplishment of any of the Association’s objectives. - Liaising and co-operating with Government and other bodies and agencies for the accomplishment of any of
the Association’s objects - To act as agent for the Members (either individually or collectively) in negotiation or consultation with Crown
Agents or other funding bodies regarding contractual service arrangements and associated funding. - To do anything necessary or desirable in pursuit of the above objects.
To promote, protect and improve the collective interests of Members
To advocate for and support the sustainability and viability of Members businesses and the services they provide in order to ultimately ensure the continuity of locally accessible and high-quality, patient-centric care.
To provide strong, credible and effective national representation for New Zealand’s network of General Practice and Urgent Care business owners, including, but not limited to, the country’s network of smaller, owner-operated providers.
To improve the health of the population of New Zealand and advocate for high-quality, accessible and equitable patient care.
To support the productivity and efficiency of the New Zealand Health and Disability System.
To promote, protect and support the innovation capability of Members.
To help Members promote and improve the efficiency of their businesses.
To uphold the professional reputation of Members collectively, and the value of the quality branding conferred by membership of the Association