Barbara Docherty takes issue with the RNZCGP’s idea of developing “a new training model which involves GPs and practice nurses learning together”, in the college briefing to the incoming health minister
I’m not much into burnout, except to warm the rear tyres on my Honda, but I am convinced it must be really bad, as opposed to the good times of 1979 when I became a GP
Who hasn’t sat around a dinner table watching the candle burn down to its final centimetre, willing it to last just a little longer, fuelling the end-of-night conversation?
In a major coup for the rights of the inbox, the NZIRSS (New Zealand Inbox Rights Support Society) has successfully presented its Declaration on the Inbox to the World Convention on Digital Rights, writes Blenheim GP Jim Vause
Call it prescription abandonment or medication non-adherence. It was very common when I was practice nursing and apparently little has changed over recent years
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