Antibiotic prescribing more likely with phone consults

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Goodfellow Symposium 2025

Antibiotic prescribing more likely with phone consults

New Zealand Doctor team

New Zealand Doctor team

Liz Harding specialist GP Herne Bay Medical Centre
Liz Harding is a specialist GP at Herne Bay Medical Centre in Auckland [Image: Canva composite]

This year’s Goodfellow Symposium was held at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau City over the weekend of 22 and 23 March. Reporter Zach Thompson was there to pose a pertinent question to attendees: How do you feel about telehealth in primary care?

Phone consultations are “okay for most things”, says specialist GP Liz Harding, but not seeing a patient in-person can make her prescribing habits mor