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
Hurry up and wait – most practices opt in to new CSC funding, while others wait and see
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2018: THE WAITING GAME
Hurry up and wait – most practices opt in to new CSC funding, while others wait and see
Wednesday 12 December 2018, 05:00 AM
The Year in a photo: Health minister David Clark accepts the wero (challenge) during a pōwhiri at the opening of a Bay of Islands Hospital redevelopment. The image evoked the challenge the health sector faces in addressing long-standing inequities
2018: THE WAITING GAME
The year 2018 was the year the sector waited – for reviews, for new funding to be introduced, for a new Ministry of Health to arise from the remnants of the old, and for signs the Government understood the extent of changes needed in health. Waiting is not necessarily bad if it means getting changes right. New Zealand Doctor reporters look at what the sector is still waiting for, what has arrived, and a few “action stations”, where people and organisations choose not to wait
PHOs around the country are reporting high levels of opt-in from practices to the Government’s expanded Community Services Card scheme, but significa