ACC announced its new navigation service in April, but a lawyer specialising in ACC says what the corporation wants doesn’t appear to match what ACC minister Iain Lees-Galloway has in mind. Simon Maude reports
The early part of 2018, in health policy terms, feels like the calm before the storm. Apart from the minister of health kicking the $10 decrease in GP fees down the road, most of the talk has been (as it usually is at this point in the political cycle) about the gaps and failures attributable to the previous government
Imposing capital charges on DHBs as a form of market discipline has long been criticised – including by Labour in Opposition – but the new government appears in no hurry to drop them
ACC minister Iain Lees-Galloway backs ACC’s new client navigation service choice despite a specialist ACC lawyer claiming the corporation and minister’s ambitions are different
The decision by health minister David Clark to “phase in” cuts to GP fees rather than stick to his 1 July deadline has been greeted with mixed feelings in general practice, with some relieved at the backtrack
The decision by health minister David Clark to “phase in” cuts to GP fees rather than stick to his 1 July deadline has been greeted with mixed feelings in general practice, with some relieved at the backtrack
In Tim Tenbensel’s tale of two health ministers, neither emerges basking in glory, but one may yet prove to have lit the spark on healthcare integration
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