Four months on from the Christchurch shooting and the daily contacts for Homecare Medical’s 1737 mental health line are still 50 per cent above normal volume.
The Budget’s extra health funding is welcomed and well needed but primary health is still “hurting” and is looking to the Health and Disability Review to deliver, says Pegasus Health chief executive Vince Barry
The mosque shootings are the latest challenge for stretched Canterbury GPs already facing a worsening measles outbreak which has now led to 30 confirmed cases
Canterbury general practice teams working hard to vaccinate their patients against measles will see no let-up in the coming weeks as the influenza vaccination programme stays set to start on 1 April
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