Most rural general practices have run out of steam and are feeling pessimistic about their practices’ sustainability and overall health, the sector’s first major stocktake survey indicates
Along-awaited rural telehealth service was launched this month, less than a week after Ka Ora Telecare was announced as the successful contract winner, leaving rural GPs scrambling to learn more about it in the days beforehand
Through the winter of 2023, with a tiny group of dedicated colleagues, the New Zealand Society for Mountain Medicine organised and ran a six-week elective in mountain and wilderness medicine for 15 medical students in the South Island
About 20 general practices were “onboarded’ to the long-awaited rural telehealth service in its first week, says Te Whatu Ora clinical director primary and community care Sarah Clarke
The limited number of regions able to enlist graduate practice nurses for voluntary bonding excludes some high-need areas, says College of Nurses Aotearoa executive director Kate Weston
A couple who met on the Chatham Islands have returned to their island roots by taking on the general practice and community health centre on Great Barrier Island (Aotea)
A couple who met on the Chatham Islands have returned to their island roots by taking on the general practice and community health centre on Great Barrier Island (Aotea)
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