Māori healthcare providers are disappointed a highly anticipated government announcement at Waitangi of an empowered Māori health authority failed to materialise
About 50 employers have rejected the practice-nurse pay deal, prompting nurses’ union NZNO into “serious” talks to try to bring the unhappy general practices on board
Access to contraception in New Zealand is poor and inequitable, says south Auckland GP Orna McGinn who argues that providing contraception is a basic public health measure
East Auckland practice East Care Accident & Medical is redeploying staff as it prepares for closure tonight of the overnight service it has offered for 24 years
A new pay parity step will be funded from February for senior practice nurses signed up to the current pay talks – all other practices will have to wait until 1 July at the earliest
East Care is quitting its overnight primary care service after lack of state funding, growing patient volumes and the loss of a doctor led to “spiralling clinical risk”
East Care Group Chief Executive Gordon Armstrong announced today that East Care Accident and Medical was ending the overnight service it has been running in Counties Manukau for more than 20 years
Primary care leaders are repeating last year’s Budget bid for a ‘patch’ repair to capitation funding to better reflect health inequities and today’s high needs 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