The introduction of the Emergency Q (EQ) system at Southland Hospital late last year has helped ease pressure in the Emergency Department by diverting some patients to be seen free of charge in general practice on the same day
A free “summer overload” telehealth service for rural and Māori general practices, launched just before Christmas, was busy but not swamped during the peak holiday season
A free “summer overload” telehealth service for rural and Māori general practices, launched just before Christmas, was busy but not swamped during the peak holiday season
Te Aka Whai Ora board member Sharon Shea is leaving the authority on 1 February, having been on government health boards since she was appointed to Northland DHB in 2010
A tender for a new electronic medicines database was pulled late last year and is being amended following confusion over whether it duplicated the existing New Zealand Formulary
The number of fully funded nurse practitioner trainees is up to 80 for 2023 after the last-minute addition of a further eight funded places at the end of last year
The 15-minute GP appointment is a 20th-century relic, general practice professor Tony Dowell says, speaking about new research highlighting the need for a primary care funding overhaul
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