National has pounced on an old idea popular in rural health quarters – to establish a third medical school at the University of Waikato. Unnecessary, or just the ticket for rural doctor shortages? Fiona Cassie asks the various players
The 24 hour surgery in Christchurch was forced for the first time to close briefly to non-urgent patients earlier this month, but a shortage of doctors was not behind the closure
National has pounced on an old idea popular in rural health quarters – to establish a third medical school at the University of Waikato. Unnecessary, or just the ticket for rural doctor shortages? Fiona Cassie asks the various players
A specialist GP, one of six doctors temporarily suspended by the Medical Council over COVID-19 vaccine concerns, appealed her suspension in the Wellington District Court late last month
The country’s first-ever strategy for improving rural health was released last week just as researchers were publicising their findings on the higher death rates of rural compared with urban people
Moorhouse Medical, one of Christchurch’s three urgent care clinics, is having to close its doors at 4pm due to understaffing in the midst of record patient demand in the city