Rural urgent and afterhours care is in crisis in the southern region, says a major rural review report, with workforce and funding support needed so clinicians are not “consistently overloaded”
An elderly woman died after a telehealth nurse failed to recognise critical symptoms during an overnight call. Patrice Dougan reports on the HDC’s decision
A lobbied-for overnight urgent-care service will be kick-started in Wānaka in a few months by Te Whatu Ora in partnership with Central Otago Health Services as an “interim solution” for local healthcare needs
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora will partner with Central Otago Health Services Limited to provide a new urgent primary care service in Wānaka for the next 12 months
The general practice crisis in the Far North has forced Kaitaia Hospital to coordinate and fund a primary care after-hours service on site for the past year
The general practice crisis in the Far North has forced Kaitaia Hospital to coordinate and fund a primary care after-hours service on site for the past year
The Invercargill After Hours Clinic, organised by WellSouth Primary Health Network from 29 March is set to continue until a future solution is worked out
Withdrawing from delivering PRIME services to your local community feels akin to a divorce but fatigue and financial pressures means providers are now reaching that stage, Te Anau specialist GP James MacMillan Armstrong told a national PRIME gathering today
Te Whatu Ora wants WellSouth PHO and Invercargill GPs to come up with a stop-gap after-hours service for Invercargill before the plug is pulled on the existing service at Easter
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management