Waimate GP Sarah Creegan is proud to be a doctor in New Zealand, where she says medical leadership has been exceptional in the way it has calmly, rationally and sensibly dealt with COVID-19
With less than 1% of New Zealanders having been vaccinated for COVID-19 so far, General Practices can play a key role in the roll out to help ensure a timely completion of the vaccination campaign for the Auckland and Northern region, says the country’s largest Primary Health Organisation (PHO), ProCare
At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
The Ministry of Health is confirming this year’s influenza immunisationprogramme will begin as scheduled in two weeks for those aged 65 and over and in May for other groups
The coronavirus pandemic and vaccine distribution programme show societal flaws in glaring light. We are lucky we are not fighting a raging fatal outbreak on our shores
Anger at attempts to “poach” general practice nurses for the COVID-19 vaccination campaign prompted an apology by Canterbury DHB to Christchurch PHO chair and GP Angus Chambers
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