Three-year contract for Mobile Surgical Service; Thirteen DHBs drop urogynaecological mesh surgeries; HDC complaints up 13 per cent; Workforce and medicines equity; Ministry fills three top jobs
Practice nurses are said to be dissatisfied with the 4 per cent pay increase negotiated by the nurses’ union, with even NZMA chair Kate Baddock accepting they should get more
Health minister David Clark says he is unconvinced a competitive process to establish an entirely new rural medical school was the best way to address rural workforce sustainability issues
NEW RNZCGP president Sam Murton says she has no inside knowledge about the future of Health Workforce New Zealand, but she wants to work with the Ministry of Health to build up the number of general practice trainees
British doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba’s conviction for manslaughter sends chills through New Zealand doctors, who see parallels between her work pressures and their own
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