A call for more GPs to classify and code patients with long COVID is backed by researcher Anna Brooks, who is worried about the lack of local data on the post-viral illness
An ‘alarming’ 55-plus per cent of Canterbury GPs and practice nurses are looking to retire or leave in the next few years, according to a Canterbury Clinical Network survey
The health risk from blood shortages is now much higher than the risk of getting variant Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease from transfusions, public health expert Michael Baker says
After two years of bargaining, practice nurses have voted to accept a new pay deal that brings some relief but is not expected to stem the flow of those getting higher-paid jobs in public hospitals
The number of locally trained new doctors registered in the past year dropped by four per cent over the previous year, according to new Medical Council data
More than 500 general practice employers have ratified a new pay deal and voting is now under way among the 3500 or so nurses and administrators covered
Fiona Cassie explores how HealthPathways has grown from helping Canterbury general practices to shedding light on clinical decisionmaking and health resources in many parts of the world
The first nationwide HealthPathways is under development to help standardise healthcare access and highlight “postcode lottery” access to secondary services
General practice leaders are dumbfounded by an email in which health minister Ayesha Verrall refers to receiving advice that the sector was happy to let its contract negotiating process remain in limbo
