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The lack of clinical studies into medici­nal cannabis and the Government’s ap­parent rush to legislate were concerns for GPs at the RNZCGP Conference for General Practice in Dunedin

The Very Low Cost Access funding model is clustering high-needs pa­tients into increasingly unsustainable practices, says Porirua GP Bryan Betty

PHOs and general practices are dumb­founded at a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment decision to replace a well-used interpreter ser­vice with another they cannot easily access

A harm-detection system developed by charitable health IT organisation Patients First is identifying the risks involved in treatment

Another 22 measles cases were confirmed in the Counties Manukau region today as the DHB continues to finalise plans for an immunisation outreach programme 

Poor co-ordination and communication within Waikato DHB may have contributed to the death of a woman says deputy health and disability commissioner Rose Wall 

PHOs and general practices are dumb­founded at a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment decision to replace a well-used interpreter ser­vice with another they cannot easily access

ACC is seeking to appeal a High Court decision that extended coverage to people who contracted mesothelioma outside a workplace

Counties Manukau DHB today confirmed its 400th measles case in an outbreak that is not expected to peak until next month. 

Doctors will get complaints – they are a fact of life – and the best protection is knowing how vulnerable you are, says Australian public health physician and health lawyer Marie Bismark