Doctors should lobby the Ministry of Health if they want to prescribe cannabidiol any time soon, says the co-director of a documentary on medicinal cannabis
Signs are that a plea from Wellington GPs may have been heard. The GPs asked for better communication and resourcing around mental healthcare after a series of suicides
General practice is stretched to capacity with regards to training places for medical students, with Auckland University alone estimating it requires another 69 practices by 2020
The RNZCGP supports the use of telehealth and other tech-based health services, but warns they can never replace the human elements of general practice
If the Ministry of Health wants general practice to move into the digital age, it needs to develop a digital health strategy, according to GPs at a South GP CME workshop on patient self-management in a technological era
A GP’s three-year ordeal over a dangerous prescribing error has been a lost opportunity for reducing iatrogenic injury, as Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps explains
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