GPs shouldn’t bear the burden of medical specialist shortages, says psychiatrist Marie Bismark, who quit last month as the last remaining community mental health psychiatrist serving Kāpiti
GPs shouldn’t bear the burden of medical specialist shortages, says psychiatrist Marie Bismark, who quit last month as the last remaining community mental health psychiatrist serving Kāpiti
General Practice New Zealand chair Bryan Betty says Te Whatu Ora and the Government need to address ongoing issues in the community laboratory testing sector to provide greater stability for the country’s health system
Te Whatu Ora will meet the country’s biggest private lab services providers on 20 December to discuss the growing pay gap between public and private laboratory workers
A new round of lab strikes is being felt by GPs in the South Island as Awanui/SCL Group operates its laboratories under reduced hours, or closes them altogether during the industrial action
Gisborne Hospital staff amputated a man’s leg above the knee in 2019 due to sepsis and chronic wounds, but postoperative shortcomings led to Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti (formerly Tairāwhiti DHB) being held in breach of the code for the hospital’s inadequate care
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