Over the years I have got a lot out of Balint groups. We talk about tricky patients and all sorts of thoughts and feelings that get elicited in the doctor–patient relationship
The challenges of training rural and regional GPs was a key topic of discussion at the weekend's RNZCGP Northern faculty conference in Russell, amid fears that proposals for a third medical school have been put on the backburner
James Te Whare (Ngāti Rereahu/Ngāti Maniapoto/Waikato) is a GP at Otara Whanau Medical Centre in south Auckland. He’s been a GP in Ōtara for the past 23 years
Disgraced Hastings GP David Lim has been struck off the medical register following his convictions for stupefying and indecently assaulting four patients
The decision by health minister David Clark to “phase in” cuts to GP fees rather than stick to his 1 July deadline has been greeted with mixed feelings in general practice, with some relieved at the backtrack
The decision by health minister David Clark to “phase in” cuts to GP fees rather than stick to his 1 July deadline has been greeted with mixed feelings in general practice, with some relieved at the backtrack
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern named GPs the linchpins of the health system when she recently “reopened” an Auckland inner-city suburban medical centre
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