Plans by both Labour and National to remove the ability of commercial property owners to claim depreciation on non-residential buildings could hit some GPs in the back pocket
Labour will deliver the largest ever increase to the number of doctors trained each year, adding an additional 335 doctors a year to our health workforce from 2027, Labour Leader Chris Hipkins has announced
GPs keen to see urgent action on workforce and funding can now see a plan, but it’s a plan to do the policy work for a plan – and it has been slated. Changes can still be made in the short term but these will be in the existing funding settings, as Stephen Forbes reports
Practice nurses last month voted to accept a new deal that brings some relief to pay packets but is not expected to stem the flow of nurses to higher-paid jobs in public hospitals
Deputy health and disability commissioner Deborah James has recommended the Medical Council review a locum GP’s competence after he “mismanaged” a melanoma diagnosis
Martin Johnston asked urgent and after-hours practice representatives how they are coping this winter. ‘With difficulty’ was the answer, amid pay disparity that is leading nurses to desert
Plans by both Labour and National to remove the ability of commercial property owners to claim depreciation on non-residential buildings could hit some GPs in the back pocket
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