Stephen Forbes looks at a marae health venture through the eyes of its regular doctor, Ruba Harfeil, who left behind the Middle East for New Zealand in 2012
A GP’s failure to act on a patient’s CT scan results led to a delay of more than two-and-a-half years in her cancer diagnosis, the Health and Disability Commissioner has ruled
Shifting scarce mental health resources into the community to treat people with mild psychological distress is “short-sighted and unjust”, says Christchurch psychiatrist Roger Mulder
Workforce stress and COVID money pouring in and out are among the themes to emerge from New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa’s perusal of PHOs’ latest annual reports
A free, online gout management resource will help GPs offset patient “inertia” around maintaining their treatment plans, says a Wellington specialist GP
A Cabinet paper discusses a work programme looking at how primary and community healthcare providers are funded, including settings for capitation funding
The more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for surgery. That’s one of the key messages we’ve been hearing from government and the private health insurance industry in recent years.
A key paper released today outlines the need for a comprehensive work programme to address issues in primary and community healthcare, including funding, structure, workforce, the prevention and management of chronic conditions, and better enabling Māori to design and deliver whānau-centred primary and community healthcare
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