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
A WellSouth pharmacist travels across the deep south, working with Māori patients and their general practices to improve medication outcomes. Fiona Cassie reports
A WellSouth pharmacist travels across the deep south, working with Māori patients and their general practices to improve medication outcomes. Fiona Cassie reports
WellSouth Primary Health Network’s operating revenue dipped in 2023 as COVID-19 funding declined, but ended the financial year with its operating surplus up more than a million to $2.6 million
WellSouth Primary Health Network’s operating revenue dipped in 2023 as COVID-19 funding declined, but ended the financial year with its operating surplus up more than a million to $2.6 million
The WellSouth Primary Health Network’s Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) has won a silver for best practice in the International Osteoporosis Foundations ‘Capture the Fracture’ programme, fitting as it’s April Falls month, an international annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of falls
A new $17 million funding pool to “stabilise” the fragile urgent-care sector appears to be coming to the aid of some vulnerable services while rejecting or coming too late for others
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