Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
Working on it: Angling for best pre-reform position
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Health reforms
Working on it: Angling for best pre-reform position
Wednesday 12 May 2021, 01:20 AM

NZMA chair Kate Baddock says the association will work with the Government on the next stages of the health reforms
Many of the country’s more than 220,000 health and disability sector employees just had their world turned upside down. Simon Maude talks with doctors’ associations about the impacts of the newly announced abolition of DHBs and their replacement with a new agency
What we know..., On 1 July 2022, all DHBs will be dissolved, and all their 75,000 staff will transfer to Health New Zealand on existing terms and conditions.
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