The disability sector welcomes pay increases for disability workers, but disability support providers cannot foot the additional wage bill without more funding from the Government
The advice leading to general practice nurses being left out of the Government’s pay parity package includes details of other primary care nurses eligible for the package whose pay rates already match Te Whatu Ora nurse rates
Former health minister Andrew Little had no plan for rolling out new pay equity rates beyond public hospital nurses, despite warnings the pay rises will strain primary and community care
The 15-minute GP appointment is a 20th-century relic, general practice professor Tony Dowell says, speaking about new research highlighting the need for a primary care funding overhaul
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners supports research and education that benefits general practice, rural general practice, and rural hospital medicine, and is welcoming applications for its first funding round of 2023
As we sailed off to our respective holiday sunsets on 16 December, we turned off the comment function on our website. Believe me, it’s safer that way. Come 16 January, it was all systems go. Here, Whangārei specialist GP Geoff Cunningham comments on a heartfelt piece by Wellington specialist GP Emma Dunning as she closed her door on general practice – Ed.
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