The health sector’s institutional memory holds very little of the work done on localities years ago in New Zealand so, as localities will be central in the reformed system, it’s time to honour those who forged the path
Hawke's Bay practices that lost a regional contract for free care of young people won’t be billed when their patients attend elsewhere, but concerns remain.
General practice owners are saying “enough is enough” and are ready to take a stand after rejecting yesterday’s 3 per cent capitation increase as unsustainable, says general practice leader Tim Malloy
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is one of a group of organisations who have expressed frustration after yesterday’s meeting to discuss future funding of general practice under PHO Services Agreement Amendment Protocol
New Zealand’s general practice association, GenPro, says that the safety of the country’s network of family doctor services can no longer be guaranteed following the Government’s announcement of a real-terms funding reduction
A Manawatū medical centre that was one of the first in the country to run a drive-through vaccination centre for COVID-19, is breaking new ground again
Tomorrow, the likely capitation funding increase for general practices will be discussed, but the word is out that it falls far short of meeting inflation and nurse pay-parity cost pressures
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