A “very mixed bag” is how RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty describes the long-awaited new primary maternity services notice, which includes steps forwards and backwards
It has a comical ring to it, Marvel Health. Based in Rangiora, the said clinic has this amazing “biomagnetic resonance modelling” machine that apparently can diagnose all sorts of conditions
COVID-19 testing is stepping up in Wellington today with general practices among the 50-plus test sites expected to carry out up to 3500 tests today and 4500 tomorrow
The 500th nurse recently started a training programme designed to give primary care nurses extra mental health and addiction tools to help them in their everyday work
Wellington general practices are hectic as the city enters Alert Level 2, after a COVID-19 positive result is found in a Sydney primary healthcare worker on their return from a visit to the capital
It’s a puzzle. I’m not surprised folks are confused. The health minister – he likes you, he likes you not? The DHBs – they like you, they like you not? The Ministry of Health, it likes you, it likes you not?
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