Patient advocates are calling for a right to appeal decisions made by the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner, saying the current system is unfair and people are boycotting it as a result
Patient advocates are calling for a right to appeal decisions made by the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner, saying the current system is unfair and people are boycotting it as a result
Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps compares the office of the Health and Disability Commissioner’s straightforward approach to the Ministry of Health’s error over a COVID-19 vaccine dose shortfall with that of the convoluted investigatory and disciplinary process GPs would expect for medical error
Nearly 5000 New Zealand doctors have signed a letter in support of the COVID-19 vaccine, compared with five doctors whose anti-vax views have prompted complaints to the health and disability commissioner
A doctor who worked in New Zealand general practices for 11 years is being considered for possible legal proceedings for the way he cared for a man with skin cancer.
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