Delay to primary care data service; National Enrolment Service hits target; Auckland DHB trust takes on new name and new staff; and US cancer guidelines ‘often based on weak evidence’
Gene sequencing led by Australian pathologist Richard Scolyer has already achieved world firsts in melanoma research, and he hopes it will lead to discovery of new, non-UV-exposure-related causes of the disease
Justin walks in on Christmas Eve with intermittent rectal bleeding. His age puts him at low risk for serious causes but, in the New Year, it is a different story
An independent reviewer will report to health minister David Clark by June on IT, DHB capacity, operational management and clinical matters within the National Bowel Screening Programme
Doing the rounds on Twitter last week was a new video released by the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation showing people how to avoid insensitive remarks when talking to friends with breast cancer
A final report on the unethical clinical study conducted by Dr Herbert Green at National Women’s Hospital in Auckland from the 1960s to the 1980s, known widely as the “Unfortunate Experiment”, has just been published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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