Mt Eden GP Jan White urges fellow GPs to respond to the interim Simpson report, to highlight the importance of the special GP–patient therapeutic relationship
The requirement for doctors to keep clear and accurate clinical records is a fundamental obligation, which can at times be overlooked by time-poor GPs seeing multiple patients in the course of a day
Practice manager and nurse Heidi Bubendorfer looks at the positive effects of patient portals and the often-overlooked benefits of video conferencing for increasing access to healthcare
Recent weeks have seen the editorial in the New Zealand Medical Journal by Gauld et al (1 February) calling for debate on GP fees and ownership models. There is no argument that debate is always useful and necessary
There has been a lot of concern playing out in recent weeks about the proposed changes to primary care funding with the introduction of lower copayments for Community Services Card holders and free care extended to the under-14s
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