Workforce shortages, underfunding and excessive workloads are among the top reasons cited by general practice staff for closing their books, finds a new study
Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory healthcare to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey
A hui was held amid growing calls to simplify prescribing for ADHD medications to address the treatment gap and lift the burden on patients. Patrice Dougan and Alan Perrott report on progress
The debate on the value of telehealth has ramped up with recent comments from a Te Whatu Ora official. Tauranga specialist GP Geoff Esterman takes issue with the idea of virtual services as our health system “saviour” and wants funding aligned with patient need
A hui was held amid growing calls to simplify prescribing for ADHD medications to address the treatment gap and lift the burden on patients. Patrice Dougan and Alan Perrott report on progress
The debate on the value of telehealth has ramped up with recent comments from a Te Whatu Ora official. Tauranga specialist GP Geoff Esterman takes issue with the idea of virtual services as our health system “saviour” and wants funding aligned with patient need
Whanganui GPs have been told only urgent medical referrals can be taken after their 138-bed local hospital’s medical physician staff plunged to just two
Patients seeing specialists anywhere across the country via telehealth should be possible now the health system has a national employer, suggests a NZ Telehealth Forum white paper
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