Prostate cancer consultations are common in primary care and there is no one approach to testing and treatment that fits all patients. Urologist Simon van Rij discusses the key considerations and options for personalised care, appropriate investigation and treatment
Bearing up! Making it work in lockdown
Wednesday 8 April 2020, 04:00 AM
Last week, general practices were coming up to the end of one full week in lockdown. The initial panic of shifting to unknown virtual technologies had subsided for many, as had the rush of patients coming in for prescriptions and pre-lockdown consultations. Many practices had developed their own protocols for greeting patients to the surgery, “phone first, stay in your car, we’ll let you in” being a common one. As questions about longer-term financial sustainability loomed for many, New Zealand Doctor staff went looking for the upside of a pandemic that has put most of us behind closed doors, but prompted general practice to try new ways of working
Splitting in two – a common strategy, Christchurch GP Pippa MacKay says Ilam Medical Centre has decided to work in two teams, each made up of doctors, nurses and admin staff and alternatin