Ashley Bloomfield is holding an emergency webinar this evening on the shift to phase 2 at the same time as GPs report IT hitches in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic’s next stage
Updated advice is being sought on when general practice staff can start using Ministry of Health-supplied N95 masks to protect themselves from asymptomatic COVID-19 infection, says RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty
Urgent care leaders say their services may face a ‘perfect storm’ if Omicron hits general practices hard and a rush of patients seek face-to-face acute care at after-hours clinics
Treating skin infections in children should be a high priority now research has confirmed streptococcus skin infections can trigger acute rheumatic fever, says University of Otago researcher Julie Bennett