pdougan@nzdoctor.co.nz

"This is the climate health emergency writ large,” says a rural locum doctor working in hard-to-reach Wairoa in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle

The publication of drug companies’ payments to doctors is a boon for transparency and for patients’ understanding of the relationship between the industry and their healthcare professional, says Medicines New Zealand

Pharmac and ACC head breached impartiality rules but retains roles

Pharmac’s Steve Maharey in hot water over media columns, while Te Whatu Ora interim chair is announced

The General Practice Leaders Forum met yesterday to discuss nurse pay parity and elect a new chair

Check out these photos from Shorecare’s 50th anniversary event  

Patrice Dougan finds practices’ need for speed and some recompense is prompting charges for patients using portals

The loss of Rob Campbell as Te Whatu Ora board chair has some in the primary sector worried about his successor

In what has been dubbed the worst storm in a century, Cyclone Gabrielle pummelled the country last month. Patrice Dougan looks back at how primary care coped with a national emergency amid power and communication blackouts

A public policy expert says she is looking to the Budget in May for major action on primary care funding