GP registrars are the future of general practice, and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa wants to hear from them. We asked John Nguyen 11 questions about general practice, medical school and what excites him about his career ahead
About 40 per cent of rural general practices offer PRIME emergency services during the week, but this plunges to 14 per cent at the weekends, according to a rural stocktake survey
During the pandemic, Karori Medical Centre patients voluntarily took to the streets to assist with traffic management and distribute testing kits, exemplifying the kind of reciprocal support that benefits the practice and the community, reports Zahra Shahtahmasebi
A data breach of Pinnacle Midlands Health Network last year affected hundreds of thousands of people after the PHO’s system was hacked, and the attackers gained access to patient health records via a third-party server
I’ve heard that practices like ours could be given hefty fines and be liable for costs if we don’t adequately protect our patients’ personal information. What should we do?
The New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has decided to cancel an Auckland GP’s registration following physical assault and document-forging convictions
Nearly 40 per cent of rural practices report having had emergencies where mobile phone or power failures impacted patient care, including being unable to contact ambulance or on-call staff
The burden of administration is a common complaint in general practice. Stephen Forbes takes a look at a new breed of health worker tackling the problem at the coalface
Most rural general practices have run out of steam and are feeling pessimistic about their practices’ sustainability and overall health, the sector’s first major stocktake survey indicates
Lucy O’Hagan, drawing on personal experience, pens an impassioned letter to the incoming government not to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora in the interests of genuine equity in healthcare
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