Tim Malloy retired as RNZCGP president last week after suffering an aortic dissection. It’s the latest in a series of health setbacks for Dr Malloy, but New Zealand Doctor reporter Cliff Taylor finds him already looking forward to future battles
Hearing aids are turning out to be a prevention strategy for dementia, a group of conditions expected at current rates to affect 170,000 Kiwis and their families by 2050
The Coromandel town of Colville is to be home to a health village, including facilities to help local young people find work caring for an influx of retirees
New Zealand is in good company with its push to get young doctors into general practice, says the president of the world organisation for family doctors
Being the subject of a patient’s complaint to the health and disability commissioner can feel overwhelming and catastrophic, says lawyer Bill Manning
Patients face an arduous journey down the Parapara road to Whanganui for urgent after-hours care following a shake-up of GP services in the central North Island
Delegates at the RNZCGP conference’s Sunday morning session with Palmerston North GP David Hill were grateful for the ample supply of free coffee to keep up with his challenging address
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