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
Each of six different rural healthcare providers failed a young male patient, who did not find out he had syphilis until he phoned a medical centre and asked for his blood results four months after first reporting he was at risk
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
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
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