With every incoming international flight being a potential vector for measles, New Zealand’s defence against a potentially deadly outbreak can best be described as crossed fingers
Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones says ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence chatbot, offers a tantalising glimpse into the future of healthcare. Now is the time to have a play and understand its capabilities and limitations
Karen Hoare has made history in nursing and academia more than 30 years after setting off for The Gambia somewhat as an accessory to her doctor husband. Fiona Cassie reports
Specialist GP Bryan Betty talks about his stoical mother, Catholic school education, and stints in improv theatre and mining-town doctoring. Alan Perrott draws together the threads between these experiences and the leadership for which Dr Betty is renowned
General practices are suffocating under the weight of emails and paperwork. Amanda Cameron takes a look at one GP’s inventive response, and traverses other approaches and views
Zahra Shahtahmasebi finds out how a tiny Pacific nation’s health system copes with the twin challenges of vast geographical area and tight workforce constraints
Purchases by corporate and other ownership networks have stepped up in the past 18 months with more than 40 medical centres going fully or partially into network ownership. That is about three times the number of transactions that went through in the 2020 calendar year
When young GP-in-training Nikki Turner kissed a kuia as part of welcoming her into a consultation, her GP trainer called the action sexually inappropriate. Virginia McMillan reports on the rise of a specialist GP with mana
The national shortage of GPs is biting down hard. Martin Johnston reports on an effort under way in rural Taranaki to stabilise and develop general practice
Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones looks at some strategies you can use to manage the high expectations that come with striving to provide the best possible care to patients
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