In aged residential care, a good professional collaboration between the visiting GP and the on-site nurses is important, but a much bigger team is involved in residents’ care and also needs to collaborate, an Australian study has found
The Waiheke Island Medical Centre has today become the first General Practice (GP) clinic in Auckland to begin vaccinating its patients against COVID-19
For efficiency, DHBs have begun to offer COVID-19 vaccination to all adults in some rural communities, marking a change from the original priority-group timings
In a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched on Mother’s Day, Ruthie a young mother who contracted the virus while she was hapū (pregnant) encourages whānau to inform themselves about the COVID-19 vaccine
The only case of anaphylaxis reported following COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand is not related to the vaccine, according to the latest official data
Concerns have been raised about Australians flocking to New Zealand for the COVID-19 vaccine and the Ministry of Health has confirmed no measures are being taken to prevent this from happening
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