First it was “test, test, test”, then it was test only the high-risk people, and now it’s a compromise built on clinical judgement and the promise of payment
Tastiest bits removed: The pages in the Ministry of Health briefing paper to the incoming health minister on “key upcoming decisions” were redacted before release
A study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today endorses a new scheme that allows many patients with blood in the urine to avoid invasive investigation
As utilisation rates return almost to normal in general practices still constrained by COVID-19, some patients’ frustration over waiting times has boiled over into a jump in complaints