“Vote and veto have the same letters in them,” says RNZCGP president Sam Murton, “and I call on the minister to be brave, don’t veto something that has hope and potential but doesn’t look good at the next election”
Expressions of interest will be called in a few months so people wanting to play a part in the new, universal frontline primary mental health service can make their pitch
Controller and Auditor-General John Ryan has written to District Health Board heads about their worsening financial positions and also the state of hospital buildings
Even the double act of the health minister and the director-general of health wasn’t enough to pull a crowd at the GP CME medico-political session in Rotorua today
About 1700 people will flock to Rotorua for the annual General Practice Conference and Medical Exhibition, which boasts a focus on obstetrics this year
In the vacuum left by the Budget announcement of $455.1 million for mental health in primary and community care, one certainty is that general practice-based Te Tumu Waiora providers will be knocking on the door for a chunk of the funding
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