The Australian Federal Government allocated A$250 million ($277.86 million) in GP funding each year for three years, plus A$143.3 million ($159.27 million) for rural and remote healthcare and A$229.7 million ($255.31 million) in general practice support grants
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found a failure by a radiologist to identify a lung lesion on a woman’s CT scan, and failure by Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, now Te Whatu Ora — Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay, to maintain standards by managing increasing demands on its service were in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights
Every year, more than 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately, for most of those people, the disease is diagnosed too late to be cured. Less than 10% of people live five years following a diagnosis
A professional misconduct charge against a former Invercargill doctor has been established after he failed to inform his patient he had melanoma skin cancer, a hearing tribunal will find
28 October 2022. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited (MSD) is pleased to share that immunotherapy drug, KEYTRUDA can now be used to treat certain patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)
A skin cancer training organisation says all GPs should undertake at least introductory training in the use of a dermatoscope for the detection of skin cancers
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