Te Whatu Ora will meet the country’s biggest private lab services providers on 20 December to discuss the growing pay gap between public and private laboratory workers
We all know there are several reasons that have led to where we are, but I am going to stress that one of the big ones has been the lack of an authoritative professional voice at the political and health leadership level, says TerryTaylor
A new round of lab strikes is being felt by GPs in the South Island as Awanui/SCL Group operates its laboratories under reduced hours, or closes them altogether during the industrial action
An editorial in today’s New Zealand Medical Journal is calling for greater use of point-of-care testing technology by GPs and other health providers to improve patient records
Te Whatu Ora is tight-lipped on plans to build a new community pathology laboratory for Auckland, despite the fact the agency has completed a business case for the project
The Government has announced revised plans for a new, bigger pathology laboratory as part of the new $1.5 billion Dunedin Hospital project, prompting questions from the National Party
Reports of people waiting up to eight weeks for skin cancer test results in Auckland and Wellington are a reflection of a laboratory testing sector in crisis, according to the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
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