Automatic notification of COVID-19 cases to GPs is crucial for optimum care, including drug therapies that need to be started early, says a Melbourne GP “smashed” by Omicron
A primary care leader says that with an enormous wave of Omicron COVID expected to hit New Zealand soon, practices should be identifying their vulnerable patients for rapid access to testing and treatment
Pharmac has signed deals to supply 120,000 courses of antivirals to community patients, but with Omicron cases likely to surge ahead of Delta, the RNZCGP questions whether that is enough