The first nationwide HealthPathways is under development to help standardise healthcare access and highlight “postcode lottery” access to secondary services
A general practice leader says prime minister Chris Hipkins’ comments about nurse pay in primary care don’t take into account the constraints on practices
The number of PHO-like organisations is likely to shrink from 30 at present to around 15, according to General Practice NZ after its meeting late last month with senior health system officials
This doesn’t just impact practice nurses, it’s the entire primary, community and not-for-profit nursing workforce who are yet again left further behind
One year after the formation of Te Whatu Ora, despite various initiatives, we have not yet seen any improvement in the staff shortages and challenges facing the healthcare workforce
Annual reports from the nowdefunct DHBs show their leaders struggled to see beyond hospital services for trying to achieve equity, says researcher and specialist GP Kyle Eggleton
Marlborough PHO chief executive Beth Tester says more local input is vital if the localities at the heart of the Government’s health reforms are to deliver the services people need
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