A review of the country's managed isolation and quarantine system has found it to be under "extreme stress" and unable to respond to the increasing demands being placed on it as more New Zealanders return home
Health and Disability System Review Panel members who disagreed with chair Heather Simpson say commissioning powers for Māori must be part of implementing the review’s recommendations
Fewer DHBs, PHOs no longer compulsory and DHBs managing primary care networks – these are among the recommendations out today in the Simpson report that could now lead to the biggest shake-up in the health sector in a generation
The Wellington doctor who laid bare the weaknesses of New Zealand’s COVID-19 contact-tracing is now nipping at the heels of health minister David Clark
COVID-19 funding announced for pharmacies, midwives, hospices, DHBs’ ventilators and respiratory gear, and testing – but nothing mentioned for general practice
Politicians were quizzed on the Simpson report, general practice sustainability and other issues at the 2020 election debate at the Rotorua virtual GP CME conference
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