Epilepsy New Zealand chief executive Ross Smith says news of Pharmac being forced to look at switching funding to another anti-epilepsy drug “isn’t ideal”
PHARMAC has reached a provisional agreement with medicine supplier Teva to fund a new brand of primidone which is most commonly used to treat and prevent seizures in people with epilepsy
A collective failure by a Waitematā DHB surgical team resulted in an Alexis wound retractor the size of a bread and butter plate being left inside a patient
Fresh from taking out the ACC Patient Safety Award at this year’s New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora, the Health Navigator Charitable Trust is aiming higher
When the Government’s COVID-19 alert level system was announced in March 2020, the team at Te Puna Ora o Mataatua Charitable Trust (TPO) leapt into action
Multiple failures by a GP who prescribed high doses of prednisone are a breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights, says health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell
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