GenPro chair Angus Chambers has dubbed the newly launched HPV screening test “postcode medicine” due to major differences in how it is funded from region to region
The Medical Council has been asked to undertake a competence review of a GP who failed to provide a patient with his prostate test results in a timely manner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for his delays in advising the results of a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to his patient
A coalition of New Zealand’s leading cancer charities has issued an urgent call to our political parties ahead of the election, to take action on cancer
Deputy health and disability commissioner Deborah James has recommended the Medical Council review a locum GP’s competence after he “mismanaged” a melanoma diagnosis
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