mjohnston@nzdoctor.co.nz

I used to fancy the idea of skiing Teds Alley. I loved the name, such a yeah-nah Kiwi moniker for the steep and committing gully beside the East Ridge of Mt Taranaki

Child immunisation rates slipped during the pandemic lockdowns and have failed to recover fully 

Health and Disability Review Transition Unit deputy director Martin Hefford explains potential form and function of health reforms in primary care sector 

Public health specialist Alistair Humphrey has resigned from his Canterbury DHB job, in a settlement of his wrongful-dismissal case at the Employment Court 

Snippets of new information on the direction of the health reforms in primary care at well-attended medico-political session 

Weak university systems and a culture that had developed among medical students contributed to the 2019 scandal in which trainee interns improperly took holidays during overseas elective placements 

Rapid population growth in rural Auckland has led to plans for a new general practice plus pharmacy

On Budget day last month, health minister Andrew Little called Budget 2021 one that would provide a better health system for all New Zealander

Eastern Bay Primary Health Alliance PHO has welcomed Budget funding for prototypes of the locality networks that will provide integrated care once the proposed health reforms are in place

Medical colleges need to up their cultural safety training to focus more on the injus¬tices arising from colonisation and less on “lovey dovey” cultural competence, according to new research