With the announcement last month that the annual reasonable fee increase for general practice has been set at 2.38 per cent, practices will be contemplating whether it is a figure they wish to accept, or whether they should go to fees review
The company which owns Dunedin’s newest Very Low Cost Access practice, health hub Te Kāika, has now bought neighbouring practice Forbury Corner Health Centre, in Caversham
The fees review process has been described as “daunting”, “exhausting” and “tied up in bureaucracy”, but it seems practices are still prepared to go through it
GPs have a somewhat uneasy relationship with insurance companies, with patient notes being a source of friction, according to the results of the latest New Zealand Doctor/ IQVIA fax poll
Residents in the small Far North community of Kaeo are worried about their health services after the resignations of three GPs, including one who has served the area for decades
GPs suspicious of the burden involved in undertaking the RNZCGP's Cornerstone programme are vindicated; the college concedes its accreditation programme is onerous and is fast-tracking a revamp
GPs have a somewhat uneasy relationship with insurance companies, with patient notes being a source of friction, according to the results of the latest New Zealand Doctor/ IQVIA fax poll
The fees review process has been described as “daunting”, “exhausting” and “tied up in bureaucracy”, but it seems practices are still prepared to go through it
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