Holidays plans were quickly scuppered for Christchurch GP Pippa Mackay who found herself back in scrubs last Wednesday morning rather than packing her ski gear
An “amazing” practice team stepped up to swab over the weekend after positive wastewater results sent the Warkworth community into a spin, says Coast to Coast Health Care owner Tim Malloy
“Vax to the max” has been Ngāti Porou Hauora’s approach and it has led to about 62 per cent of eligible whānau north of Gisborne being vaccinated pre-lockdown, says PHO trust chair Teepa Wawatai
The lockdown dropping of fit-test requirements for N95 and P2 masks has relieved GP leaders frustrated by delays in fitting practice staff with the high-grade masks
A boatload of COVID-19 vaccinators was due on Stewart Island today for the follow-up clinic but the country’s southern-most nurses are relieved many islanders have had at least one dose
COVID-19 vaccination will become business as usual for general practices so using existing booking systems makes good sense to Feilding Health Care’s chief executive Nicky Hart