There were around 13.8 million GP visits in the year to June 2011. Over the same period there were 154,000 surgical elective services provided. Katie Marriner asks commentators whether the resources and profile given elective surgery is warranted, or, is it largely populist political manoeuvring?
Everyone's talking about it. Peak Primary's planned migration to the National Hauora Coalition appears to have upset the entire sector, and heads are nodding in agreement over speculation about the reasons for the surprise and sudden move
Receptionist Pip Lee's rescue from the flattened Canterbury TV building in which 13 of her medical centre colleagues are believed to have died, is one of the few miracles from what has been described as New Zealand's "darkest day"
Creating a new health centre worth $5 million for the Counties Manukau rural town of Waiuku has been like running an "ultra marathon", GP Mark Eustace says
You once thought of me As a white knight on his steed Now you know how happy I can be Oh, and our good times start and end Without dollar one to spend But how much, baby, do we really need
Take one GP. Put him or her in a room with a whiteboard. Add one interested hospital clinician, a DHB manager and funder and, voilā, you have the ingredients for a successful recipe
So, you've decided to tackle the famous Cornerstone process, the pinnacle of practice organisational achievement, to reach the dizzy heights of being one of those 200... sorry 230 (the figure increases by the day) practices who have entered the hallowed halls of Cornerstonism
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