Rural urgent and afterhours care is in crisis in the southern region, says a major rural review report, with workforce and funding support needed so clinicians are not “consistently overloaded”
A new report about rural primary care identifies inequities in service provision, major pressures on funding and workforce, unsustainably high levels of clinical risk, and barriers for patients to access care when and where they need it
Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says delivery of a long overdue Emergency Observation Unit for Christchurch Hospital will reduce admissions, free up valuable resources across the hospital and help deliver on shorter stays in Emergency Departments
Alexandra’s largest general practice has jumped in and self-funded a new seven-day urgent-care service to coincide with shifting to a new purpose-built health centre this month
Wānaka’s long-anticipated first primary birthing unit was officially opened late last month by health minister Shane Reti and prime minister Christopher Luxon
A lobbied-for overnight urgent care service will be kick-started in Wānaka in a few months, funded by Te Whatu Ora as an “interim solution” for local healthcare needs
Alexandra’s largest general practice has jumped in and self-funded a new seven-day urgent-care service to coincide with shifting to a new purpose-built health centre this month
Uri Ririki Child Health Connection Centre, a rapid-response home-visiting vaccination service in Auckland, has had its funding cut by Te Whatu Ora. Created in 2021, the team of three pharmacist vaccinators provided services in Auckland, Waitematā and Counties Manukau to those who missed out on vital immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic
A lobbied-for overnight urgent-care service will be kick-started in Wānaka in a few months by Te Whatu Ora in partnership with Central Otago Health Services as an “interim solution” for local healthcare needs
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