Pharmac is pleased to announce that Dr Shirley Crawshaw, seven months after she was appointed, has arrived in New Zealand and commenced her role in the senior leadership team of Pharmac as the medical director
Few practice assistants and kaiāwhina are carrying out COVID-19 swabbing, but more will likely step up to the job with online learning now being offered
Six members of the Pakistan men’s cricket team have tested positive for COVID-19 at their managed isolation facility at the Chateau on the Park in Christchurch
Former practice nurse Barbara Docherty asks why nurses are not represented on the COVID-19 immunisation implementation advisory group, when nurses will be at the forefront of delivering the vaccine
Health groups are demanding more policy action to reduce the glaring health inequities shown by the latest New Zealand Health Survey. The harms created by tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food continue to disproportionally burden Maori, Pacific and low income communities, with no signs of improvement
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