Wanting to head off a winter surge in antibiotics use, and to slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance, Pharmac and GPs are getting tougher on colds and coughs
Alan Mangan is a GP at Aramoho Health Centre in Whanganui. Dr Mangan only works three days a week now, but previously he was instrumental in setting up the Whanganui PHO. Although he doesn’t mention it, Dr Mangan has a Queen’s Service Medal for services to medicine and health administration
Keira Stephenson meets a couple who set out in search of a rural general practice, found one in Kāwhia on the west coast of the North Island, and fell in love with their new home town
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