We need some guidance about leave. We have an employee who uses all their annual leave entitlement as soon as it becomes available and then requests leave without pay during the rest of the year to take further breaks. How do we manage this?
The timing and funding for health minister Shane Reti’s suggestion of primary care delivering some of the extra cancer drugs is still “to be determined”, a Te Whatu Ora senior official says.
A new virtual centre for rural health education launched yesterday by the University of Otago will make it easier to be part of a future national rural training initiative, says centre director Garry Nixon
CareHQ, the virtual GP service and joint venture between ProCare and Southern Cross Health Insurance provided care to more than 43,000 patients over the last 12 months, up 78% on the 12 months prior, where it served more than 24,000 patients
Small acts of kindness in a consultation or practice setting can make an enormous difference to the healthcare experience – from both a patient’s and a doctor’s perspective
Dunedin specialist GP Carol Atmore is the clinical director of WellSouth PHO and a senior research fellow at the University of Otago. She likes to relax in the garden and dreams of more joy for people working in primary care
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