When Waimate GP Sarah Creegan’s husband bought a little purple car, the pair formulated a plan to raise the public profile of PRIME with the mighty “Purple Prime Pursuit”; but then, tragically, they had their own purple call
Havelock North is a picture-postcard town. On its leafy streets, climbing ivy looks charming rather than invasive. Its outskirts are carpeted in orchards and, over New Zealand's long summer months, it's known as the source of the best newly picked fruit
England's Department of Health has publicised that hospitals in England in 2016 have run up a record deficit of �2.45 billion - the biggest overspend in the history of the country's National Health Service (NHS), at around 2.4 per cent of the health budget
It was his first weekend on call, more than 30 years ago. The boy's arm was put on ice, while Dr Malloy coordinated a landing site for a helicopter at a nearby farmhouse
There are stark reminders when you venture into Christchurch's east that although it's been five years since that tragic day in February 2011 when 185 lives were lost, the eastern suburbs are still a long way away from normality
GP Graeme Fenton has spent his career working in the small, impoverished Northland town of Moerewa. Next year, his practice will join a new integrated family health centre in Kawakawa, signalling the end of an era for the GP and his patients
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