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
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
On 23 September, New Zealand goes to the polls in what is shaping up to be an extremely close-run general election. There are 16 political parties currently registered with the Electoral Commission. In this Election Special we have summarised, some quite tightly, the health policies of the eight parties we think might have an impact on the outcome of the election. We have interviewed the health spokespeople of the four highest polling parties in pre-election polls
Calculating how much money you’ll need to sustain a comfortable retirement is a good thing to do, well before you give up work, authorised financial adviser Martin Hawes says
In many general practices, capitation funding is almost exhausted by demand, so practice owners need to manage demand to survive, according to Green Cross Health’s integrated care executive, Hamish Franklin
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