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
The path to curing a sick system: Primary care at a crossroads without a map
The path to curing a sick system: Primary care at a crossroads without a map
![hospital corridor at Auckland city hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/cropped_image_16_7_/public/2022-08/hospital%20corridor%20at%20Auckland%20City%20Hospital.jpg?itok=U0wbc6gK)
Don Matheson, Johanna Reidy and Rawiri Keenan suggest primary care reform may go in one of two ways: intensely competitive or built on trust. In the second of two articles, the authors suggest the competition scenario is a risky move
1.
District Health Board Financial Performance to 2016 and 2017 Plans. New Zealand Treasury, Wellington; 2017.
2.
Lillis S. The end of general practice as we know it. J Prim Health Care 2022;14(1):10–12.
3.
Workforce Survey 2020. RNZCGP, Wellington; 2020.
4.
Sibley CG, Greaves LM, Satherley N, et al. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown on trust, attitudes toward government, and well-being. Am Psychol 2020;75:618–630. DOI:10.10137/amp0000662
5.
McLeod M, Gurney J, Harris R, et al. COVID-19: we must not forget about Indigenous health and equity. Aust N Z J Public Health 2020;44(4):253–256. doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13015
6.
Whānau Ora: Report of the Taskforce on Whānau-Centred Initiatives. Ministry of Social Development, Wellington; 2010.
7.
Lynch JM, van Driel M, Meredith P, et al. The Craft of Generalism: clinical skills and attitudes for whole person care. J Eval Clin Pract (online 15 October 2021). doi.org/10.1111/jep.13624
8.
Jatrana S, Crampton P. Do financial barriers to access to primary health care increase the risk of poor health? Longitudinal evidence from New Zealand. Soc Sci Med 2020;113255. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113255.
9.
Health and Disability System Review Final report Pūrongo whakamutunga, Health and Disability System Review Panel, Wellington; 2020.
10.
Gauld R, Atmore C, Baxter J, et al. The ‘elephants in the room’ for New Zealand’s health system in its 80th anniversary year: General practice charges and ownership models. NZ Med J. 2019;132(1489):8–14.