Practices report the Government-funded Access and Choice primary mental health scheme relieves pressure on GPs, fills gaps in patient care and reduces referrals to a PHO brief intervention service, a researcher says
On home visits, enrolled nurse Maudie Paul-Palmer takes cervical-cancer smears or changes wound dressings and, on one memorable occasion, she took a patient’s blood pressure in a pizza parlour. Fiona Cassie reports on a pioneer of the enrolled-nurse role in general practice
The outreach efforts of Auckland health workers enabled New Zealanders to celebrate Christmas last year with a semblance of normality during the COVID-19 Delta outbreak
A national climate adaptation plan released this month contains 120 actions but, according to two specialist GP climate-change advocates, lacks detail for the primary care sector
Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand is refusing to name most of the groups that have formed the prototype localities at the heart of the Government’s health reforms
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