The crisis points of workforce shortages, inadequate funding and increasing workload have brought general practice to a “tipping point”, says General Practice Aotearoa
From April to November 2023, Zahra Shahtahmasebi profiled a different general practice every fortnight to paint a picture of the primary care sector. Despite their many differences, she discovered a common thread – the power of teamwork
After more than 50 years in primary care, the much-travelled Brian McAvoy has written a medical memoir. He sits down with reporter Alan Perrott to spin some yarns of the good and the not-so-good old days
Green Cross Health wants to rationalise most of its practices from membership of 12 PHOs to one, the National Hauora Coalition. Te Whatu Ora will decide by 1 February whether to approve the changes
Concerns about what will be achieved by a Ministry of Health review of primary care and a review of capitation funding have been highlighted by respondents to the New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Big 23 Sizzling Summer Survey
The results are in. The Big 23 Sizzling Summer Survey, a wrap-it-all-up, year-end evaluation covering 23 hot topics, was sent to subscribers of Daily Triage. Running from 22 November through the formation of the new Coalition Government to 4 December, it drew 96 responses. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan discovers what the answers reveal about how general practice has fared in 2023
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