There has been a high uptake by Māori and Pacific of new diabetes drugs under Pharmac’s first ethnicity-based funding criteria – a publicity campaign to encourage more uptake is to start soon
This month Pharmac – Te Pataka Whaioranga will launch a pioneering campaign, ‘You Are a Priority’, to raise awareness about the new funding criteria which enables Māori and Pacific people to get diabetes medicines more easily
GP and public health physician Sue Crengle welcomes the caution being advised in the newly released report from the Strategic COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Group
Māori primary healthcare providers have been underfunded to the tune of $530 million since 2003 says an independent report commissioned by the six Wai 1315 and 2687 Waitangi Tribunal claimants
New Zealand graduate nurses are choosing to work in general practice and other primary care settings much earlier in their career and in higher numbers than previously
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