Considerable progress has been made with the Access and Choice programme rollout over the last year, despite significant challenges for the primary care and mental health and addiction sectors in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
New Zealand’s largest representative of general practice teams is disappointed that primary care nurses have been left out of today’s pay parity announcement
Today’s announcement by Minister of Health, Hon. Andrew Little, confirming additional funding to support pay parity for nurses employed in aged care, hospices and Māori & Pasifika health providers is good news for those providers and the communities they serve, but is a further snub to the country’s hard-working front-line general practice nurses according to the General Practice Owners Association of New Zealand
The importance of having clear systems in place to ensure emergency department (ED) clinicians are aware of which consultant has responsibility for each patient, and processes for consultant handovers was highlighted in a decision
The importance of providing culturally appropriate care was highlighted in a decision published by Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell
During the first half of the financial year, we were pleased to have been able to successfully execute on a growth strategy, while at the same time ensuring that our underlying work within the aged care sector has increased
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