How is it that, despite several decades of market forces and funding overhauls, the words “primary healthcare” and “competition” still sit together uneasily?
The Hollywood-inspired three billboards outside Westport no longer grace the West Coast town after contributing some levity in the local battle to replace the ageing Buller Hospital
Cuddly, lovable, non-judgemental and, mostly, unflappable. That’s what assistance dogs have to offer but first, Keira Stephenson finds, you have to get officialdom on board
This year, the Government removed a target barrier that had long stymied DHBs keen to switch certain treat¬ments and procedures from second¬ary to primary care
Kate Baddock on her life as a kitten whisperer, stage protégée, boys’ school dux and boarding-house mother, to actual mother, chair of everything and, most proudly of all, a rural GP
So, you've decided to tackle the famous Cornerstone process, the pinnacle of practice organisational achievement, to reach the dizzy heights of being one of those 200... sorry 230 (the figure increases by the day) practices who have entered the hallowed halls of Cornerstonism
Driving to work on a Monday morning you vaguely register a radio news item reporting an increase in local hospital admissions over the weekend - a particularly nasty flu bug is to blame
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