New Zealand and the United States are the only high-income countries to allow unrestricted direct-to-consumer advertising of branded medicines, including the name of the drug and the condition for which it is prescribed
A hui was held amid growing calls to simplify prescribing for ADHD medications to address the treatment gap and lift the burden on patients. Patrice Dougan and Alan Perrott report on progress
Tony Hanne refused to put rules ahead of his patients and it cost him his career. Reporter Alan Perrott talks to the specialist GP and ADHD expert about taking on the system
A hui was held amid growing calls to simplify prescribing for ADHD medications to address the treatment gap and lift the burden on patients. Patrice Dougan and Alan Perrott report on progress
Tony Hanne refused to put rules ahead of his patients and it cost him his career. Reporter Alan Perrott talks to the specialist GP and ADHD expert about taking on the system
The revelation Te Whatu Ora is offering to directly employ first-year GP registrars, which emerged during a row over a media statement from the Resident Doctors’ Association about its strike notice, ‘Te Whatu Ora planning to take over employment of first year GP trainees’ (online 23 April), sparked a number of comments – two calling it a “train wreck”
Medsafe is aware an online drug retailer is offering Kiwi consumers a drug, reserved for type-2 diabetics, for weight loss with no prescription required
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