The sole general practice in Dargaville is only slightly affected by the controversial loss of on-site overnight doctor care at the Northland town’s public hospital
General practice is deeply disappointed to be receiving less than one-third of the funding rise it is said to need –a compulsory offer that comes with some crafty juggling of numbers and words
Practices are being asked to set up special phone access for hospital doctors to contact GPs over patient test results that need attention, rather than the hated technique of having all lab results routinely “cc-ed to GP”
Toby Beaglehole, the chief executive of the RNZCGP, acknowledges that his CV is like a poster for on-the-job training, a field that has occupied a significant part of his working life
General practice is about to be radically altered by artificial intelligence, in a good way, so much so that within 11 years, workloads will once again be manageable – at least according to the vision presented in a government report
Former Te Whatu Ora board member Curtis Walker has spoken out strongly against the Coalition Government’s “disinformation” attacks on the dismissed board’s financial and governance skills
Health officials expect that the $30 million scheme announced by health minister Shane Reti to expand access to primary care-referred radiology will actually reduce demand in some areas by weeding out inappropriate requests
Health minister Shane Reti appears to be pushing on with work his Labour predecessor Ayesha Verrall began on reshaping primary care – work dismissed as “aspirational drivel” by a sector leader last year
