MOST DISCOUNT PHARMACIES are located in high-deprivation areas, but many high-deprivation areas, especially rural, still lack access to free prescriptions
The staff of five iwi-owned Wellington clinics that collectively were the site of New Zealand’s first GP strike, will be given a degree of leeway to set their own pay
Australian firm Slade Health is setting up a cancer-drug compounding facility in west Auckland which spells job uncertainty for staff at Auckland DHB, reports Steve Hart
Upskilling GPs in order to save older residents from an hour’s drive south to Wellington for macular degeneration treatment, is one early win from the Kāpiti Community Health Network
Ōamaru Hospital is no longer relying on locums and has nine permanent doctors signed up, says Waitaki District Health Services Trust clinical director and former West Coast GP Stuart Mologne
An out-of-the-blue offer 21 years ago launched a successful collaboration between Bulls Medical Centre practice manager Karen Greer and GP and co-owner Dave Baldwin
The percentage of GPs owning general practices continues downward, a trend not limited to the medical profession, says Grant Thornton business advisor Pam Newlove
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management