Practice nurses were left out of a pay disparities funding list released last month and health minister Ayesha Verrall says it’s still to be decided whether those nurses will be funded for a pay increase
Freed from the bonds of conventional governance, Mr Campbell recently delivered a speech spelling out what he thinks has gone wrong to date with the health reforms. You can find that full speech online. Read further for an excerpt on what can be done to make a difference now
The entire model of primary care needs to be overhauled in order to more effectively care for people and to make general practice a more attractive profession, a specialist GP says
Fiona Cassie talks to a specialist GP about the need to free up late-career GPs to allow them to share their expertise across the general practice team
Overseas doctors are seen as one solution by both health minister Ayesha Verrall and National health spokesperson Shane Reti to the upcoming surge in GP retirements
Te Whatu Ora is to start paying capitation at equity-adjusted rates next month, but the new approach had not been signed off by top officials by press time
Health minister Ayesha Verrall left out practice nurses from a pay disparities funding list on Friday but says it’s still to be decided whether those nurses will be funded for a pay increase
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