The entire model of primary care needs to be overhauled in order to more effectively care for people and to make general practice a more attractive profession, a specialist GP says
High burnout scores by their former DHB. Results from Wairarapa, West Coast, South Canterbury and Whanganui DHBs should be interpreted with caution due to the small numbers of respondents (n<30)
A shocking number of GPs will be gone from primary care in five years. The health reformers have nothing to head off this disaster but there may still be time, writes Barbara Fountain
When the last general practice workforce survey came out in 2021, Thames-based specialist GP Martin Mikaere described the situation as “bloody difficult”
Practice nurses were left out of a pay disparities funding list released last month and health minister Ayesha Verrall says it’s still to be decided whether those nurses will be funded for a pay increase
A shocking number of GPs will be gone from primary care in five years. The health reformers have nothing to head off this disaster but there may still be time, writes Barbara Fountain
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