New Zealand’s largest representative of general practice teams is disappointed that primary care nurses have been left out of today’s pay parity announcement
A funding accountability regime is being devised to monitor primary care because Te Whatu Ora considers it’s getting poor-quality information from the sector
Today’s announcement by Minister of Health, Hon. Andrew Little, confirming additional funding to support pay parity for nurses employed in aged care, hospices and Māori & Pasifika health providers is good news for those providers and the communities they serve, but is a further snub to the country’s hard-working front-line general practice nurses according to the General Practice Owners Association of New Zealand
Primary care leaders welcome the release of the Sapere capitation review and its findings of general practice underfunding, calling for the Government to urgently rectify the problems
Jacob Tan is a GP registrar and co-owner of Central Wellington Medical. Dr Tan worked in both general practice and urgent care for nearly a decade, before deciding his passion lay with general practice. He became a shareholder of Central Wellington Medical a few years after its founding in 2016 and says he has always enjoyed the business aspect of medicine
General practices are suffocating under the weight of emails and paperwork. Amanda Cameron takes a look at one GP’s inventive response, and traverses other approaches and views
General practices are suffocating under the weight of emails and paperwork. Amanda Cameron takes a look at one GP’s inventive response, and traverses other approaches and views
A funding review aimed at improving equity and sustainability in general practice suggests rises of at least 10 per cent for most practices, and more than 34 per cent for high-need practices
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