Primary care needs to “get on and build the future”, and not hope for the health reforms to provide answers, says veteran of the sector, John Macaskill-Smith
Over the years, there have been many expensive information-sharing and consultation workshops, held at Te Papa Tongarewa and elsewhere, focusing on issues around the health workforce
It has got to the point that specialist GP Tim Malloy is so desperate to see ‘something done’ to fix understaffed rural health services, he would probably accept anything offered. After listening to the fears, hopes and dreams of rural health advocates, Zahra Shahtahmasebi gives them voice
A husband-and-wife specialist GP team bought out by Third Age Health are looking forward to a break after COVID-19’s closed borders shut out their usual relief locums
Capitation funding is being reviewed as part of the response to the Waitangi Tribunal’s Wai 2575 claim findings, confirms Martin Hefford, interim Lead Localities and Commissioning for interim Health New Zealand
The surge of Omicron patients needing medical attention has led Green Cross Health to set up a virtual COVID-19 care service to help its inundated practices
New Zealand is in the midst of phase three of the Omicron response plan, and case numbers are fluctuating daily. It is hard to imagine a plan has been in place
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