The potential for a 25-hour strike by junior hospital doctors to affect general practice is mitigated by the fact that practices have little extra capacity to deal with patients displaced by the action
Despite ongoing uncertainty in the health sector and the end of COVID-19-related funding, Western Bay of Plenty PHO chief executive Lindsey Webber says things are looking up for 2024
Former deputy prime minister Paula Bennett has been appointed Pharmac’s new board chair, as the Government pledged to boost the agency’s funding by around $400 million a year over the next four years
“While we welcome the Government’s commitment to ensuring all of the medicines New Zealanders can already access will continue to be funded, today’s announcement sadly doesn’t even touch on the broader problem of Kiwis being denied new, modern drugs"
A general practice and urgent-care leader fears newly released documents confirm that those who call loudest get the most funding help from Te Whatu Ora
Salvation for the “broken” rural emergency health service is some time away with a Te Whatu Ora official telling a national workshop a potential funding bid is likely for Budget 2025
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