Budget 2024: Health minister Shane Reti has given an indication that the increase in general practice capitation from 1 July may be just under 6 per cent
Budget 2024: The Government’s $3.1 billion increase in Vote Health in Budget 2024 obscures the fact that most of it has already been earmarked for settling Holidays Act claims, according to University of Auckland professor of health policy Tim Tenbensel
The primary healthcare sector needs a funding boost of between $353 million and $1.36 billion to address unmet need, says a Te Whatu Ora aide-mémoire to the minister of health from January this year
Greymouth-based GP registrar Calum Stannett won support for his considered comment in response to remarks made by Martin Hefford of Te Whatu Ora about telehealth in primary care during a webinar earlier this month
After Te Whatu Ora Waikato failed to adequately respond to three GP referrals for a woman with worsening cardiac symptoms, the patient gave up and went private
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 ED 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 Rex Liao 12 questions about general practice and medical school, including what excites Rex about a career in general practice
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