Making long-acting contraceptives easier to access is the name of the game for general practices in the Counties Manukau region now that funding from the DHB allows for free weekly clinics
Midwifery and GP leaders may have to wait for an open stakeholder forum in late June to find out funding details of the long-awaited new Primary Services Maternity notice
A Ministry of Health-funded programme to boost the number of nurse practitioners and enrolled nurses is a necessity that should have started “long before now”, says Mahitahi Hauora Te Tai Tokerau regional coordinator Coral Wiapo
Health and Disability Review Transition Unit deputy director Martin Hefford explains potential form and function of health reforms in primary care sector
General practice staff charged with procuring and maintaining IT systems should first discuss with IT vendors the security and privacy of systems and equipment, Sanjeewa Samaraweera says
Waikato DHB expected it would take three days to set things right… GPs, community nurses, pharmacists and allied health clinicians across the Waikato awoke on 18 May to discover they couldn’t connect with most of their local DHB’s IT systems
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