Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding St John Ambulance Service (St John) in breach of the Code for failing to provide appropriate assessment of a woman with a spinal injury
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code for failures in the care of a woman in her nineties
Appointment delays and a failure to perform appropriate assessments has seen a GP and the Department of Corrections faulted for their care of a prisoner with an acute eye condition
A doctor has been referred to the director of proceedings after a series of failures resulted in significant delays in care for a man diagnosed with terminal cancer
A GP’s failure to investigate a patient’s persistent anaemia highlights the importance of thinking critically about presentations and symptoms, says deputy health and disability commissioner Kevin Allan
A 1996 case caused a great many ripples in the medicolegal field, after a relatively inexperienced registrar joined the staff of National Women’s Hospital in Auckland
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