Health workforce advisory boss Judy McGregor wants a closer look taken at the use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants to help address the forecast GP retirement crisis
Nothing Paul Cressey did was conventional. It was 2001, and the pharmacist and health IT advocate was managing director of an independent practitioner
association serving eastern Auckland
"I think I have CFS," Kay tells me. Generally, I don’t mind when patients tell me their diagnosis. It’s only a problem if it’s a diagnosis I know nothing about (eg, systemic candidiasis)
On 22 March, prime minister Jacinda Ardern directed all people aged over 70 or with compromised immune systems to stay at home because they were more vulnerable to the new virus
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