After more than a year of lengthy negotiations and strike action, practice nurses and administrators party to the new NZNO pay deal will get to vote “yea” or “nay” next week
Magpies were a part of my life growing up on the outskirts of Christchurch. We lived in the second-to-last house on the street, and huge macrocarpa trees grew tall over the vacant land two doors down
You can’t benchmark our medicines funding against other countries’ without also scrutinising Pharmac’s fixed budget, argues Cancer Society medical director Chris Jackson
Magpies were a part of my life growing up on the outskirts of Christchurch. We lived in the second-to-last house on the street, and huge macrocarpa trees grew tall over the vacant land two doors down
Taranaki DHB’s failure to communicate over its new general practice in Hāwera has led to a complete breakdown of trust between DHB and practices, says primary care network Pinnacle Inc
A realistic price for COVID-19 vaccination needs to be negotiated to avoid general practice being cast as the “big baddie”, says GP funding advocate Mark Peterson
Primary care contract negotiators were set last month, to present the health reform transition unit with data supporting their Budget bid for an interim repair to capitation funding
Few general practices run their busi¬nesses on the Government’s historical “Section 88” funding, but GP Keith Blayney says it is useful and mustn’t be dropped
The Government’s new scheme of providing free period products in schools nationwide will be a “circuit breaker”, says Wellington academic Terry Fleming
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