Influenza and RSV were increasingly detected in patient swabs carried out in May in the community by GPs and nurses, as the ESR’s sentinel GP practice surveillance system stepped up for the winter
None of New Zealand’s three biggest private hospital companies have been approached about a 70-bed hospital proposed for Wānaka by a local property investment company
After three visits to a rural practice with worsening symptoms over three weeks, a man’s pain was blamed on prolonged sitting just one day before he attended an emergency department and was helicoptered to hospital for urgent surgery
GP registrars are the future of general practice, and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa wants to hear from them. We asked Anita Jacob 11 questions about general practice, medical school and what excites her about her career ahead
Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones discusses how to replace aggression with assertive communication when advocating for better patient care at the interface between community and hospital and specialist services
Doug Hill is a specialist GP in Dunedin. Like many, he is worried about the endgame for general practice. He provides some reminders of how far general practice has come and is left wondering why it now finds itself at a crisis point
Australia’s peak GP body has expressed disappointment that funding has not been provided for an onsite GP at Parliament despite recommendations in the Jenkins report and agitation from Senators and members of parliament
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