http://www.nzdoctor.co.nzThe latest news from NZDoctor.co.nz.http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/30/last-minute--deal-to-save-taihape-health-services.aspxPractice nurses have agreed to pay cuts to rescue the provider of the town’s health services, Otaihape Health Trust, from the brink of bankruptcyhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/29/new-group-a-boon-for-crohn’s-and-colitis-sufferers.aspxThe Crohn’s and Colitis New Zealand Charitable Trust (CCNZ) was launched at Parliament today.http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/28/herbal-ignite-caught-with-pants-down.aspxThe Auckland-based nutraceutical company that sells Herbal Ignite has been caught illegitimately using logos that imply its “natural virility” product is a registered medicinehttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/27/no-flu-tsunami-so-far-this-year.aspxFewer people are visiting their doctor with flu symptoms so far this winter, compared with a massive increase on baseline this time last yearhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/26/palmerston-nth-man-suspended-for-nine-months.aspxA man, who pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography, has been suspended from practising his profession for nine months. http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/23/pharmac's-expansion-curbed-for-now.aspxClinicians were so wary of Pharmac’s expansion into coronary stents and wound-care products that these appear to be off the agenda in the early days of super-sizing the drug-funding agencyhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/22/conference-tackles-tough-chestnuts.aspxThe need to first build functional clinical teams discussing patient care and later make systems changes, was a key message from international speakers at the World Health Care Networks Conference today [22 July]http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/21/hold-fire-on-mims-say-gp-leaders.aspxGP leaders are trying to find an alternative way to fund MIMS Integrated as its publisher moves to charge a subscriptionhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/21/middlemore-full-again.aspxMiddlemore Hospital is full to capacity as winter sets inhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/20/former-gp-fights-for-voluntary-euthanasia.aspxFormer GP John Pollock, who has terminal cancer, is urging doctors to join him in lobbying the NZMA to accept euthanasia as ethicalhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/19/scans-in-school-for-broken-hearts.aspxGP Lance O’Sullivan is raising awareness of high rates of rheumatic fever in the Far Northhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/16/new-approach-to-prisoners'-health-needed-(updated).aspxPrisoners have dismal health outcomes so the Ministry of Health needs to step in with a new health service delivery approach, according a new report form the National Health Committeehttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/15/teen-smokers-kick-the-habit.aspxTeen smokers are kicking the habit, a decade-long survey by ASH showshttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/15/sweeping-changes-for-uk-gps.aspxGPs are set to commission services as part of sweeping changes in the UKhttp://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2010/july-2010/14/dementia-needs-urgent-attention.aspxA private provider of home care to the elderly is concerned by a huge increase in enquiries in the past year and believes New Zealanders should be worried too