The Ministry of Health has apologised and corrected a PwC influenza vaccination report it commissioned which falsely claimed the majority of general practices were closed during the first lockdown
It was an exciting time to start covering health. Democracy had been rediscovered at health boards, meeting doors were thrown open and, in central Auckland, a once-in-a-generation reshaping of hospital services was winding into action
Revised rules from the Ministry of Health should stop any DHBs from charging general practices for PPE required for COVID-19 swabbing, at all alert levels
It was an exciting time to start covering health. Democracy had been rediscovered at health boards, meeting doors were thrown open and, in central Auckland, a once-in-a-generation reshaping of hospital services was winding into action
Medicine and service were in Joe Williams’ DNA, so much so that, despite being well into the COVID danger zone at age 85, he went back to work as a GP after New Zealand’s first lockdown
Auckland’s latest addition to the private endoscopy market is about to hang its shingle in west Auckland at a time capacity in the public sector is stretched
