The RNZCGP’S decision to move the clinical exam for trainee GPs to 2022 has left registrars feeling blindsided, with the new date clashing with major life events and holding up fellowship processes.
The Youth19 survey of secondary school students shows 10 per cent are regular vapers, and 50 per cent of them had not smoked a cigarette before vaping.
General practices around the country used everything from scones to TikTok, from zany dress-ups to prize draws, to entice the punters for the record-breaking Super Saturday vaccination event.
The risks posed by New Zealand’s expanding COVID-19 epidemic meant Pharmac needed to move faster than its normal processes permit in deciding to fund a new medicine for the disease, says the agency’s new chief medical officer.
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