From Monday, a single organisation will be in charge of running primary healthcare in Northland, replacing two PHOs – and it plans to change the way general practice works, including “deconstructing” the GP’s role
Lesley Harry, DHB industrial adviser for the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, takes issue with primary healthcare nurse and researcher Barbara Docherty’s column last Thursday, titled “Lessons for the nurses’ union”
In the vacuum left by the Budget announcement of $455.1 million for mental health in primary and community care, one certainty is that general practice-based Te Tumu Waiora providers will be knocking on the door for a chunk of the funding
Primary healthcare in Kaitāia is at “breaking point” with all the town’s practices closing their books for enrolments for the first time ever, says a practice manager
Primary healthcare in Kaitāia is at “breaking point” with all the town’s practices closing their books for enrolments for the first time ever, says a practice manager
The Ministry of Health is keeping mum on the number and type of applications it has received for funding to train health postgraduates in line with equity and need
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