Pay equity claims for both practice nurses and administration staff have landed in the inboxes of more than 500 general practices and urgent care centres
It was a bruising year for practice nurses and their employers, with parity funding falling far short of expectations. Next year will bring a pay equity claim. Fiona Cassie reports
In her first nine months on the job, Whakarongorau Aotearoa chief executive Glynis Sandland has steered the national telehealth service provider through industrial action, pay parity issues and a drop in staff numbers from 3500 to 525
A raft of strategies relating to healthcare and Treaty obligations are just some of the new Government's planned measures Frances Matthews takes issue with
About 40 per cent of rural general practices offer PRIME emergency services during the week, but this plunges to 14 per cent at the weekends, according to a rural stocktake survey
During the pandemic, Karori Medical Centre patients voluntarily took to the streets to assist with traffic management and distribute testing kits, exemplifying the kind of reciprocal support that benefits the practice and the community, reports Zahra Shahtahmasebi
Nearly 40 per cent of rural practices report having had emergencies where mobile phone or power failures impacted patient care, including being unable to contact ambulance or on-call staff
The burden of administration is a common complaint in general practice. Stephen Forbes takes a look at a new breed of health worker tackling the problem at the coalface
Most rural general practices have run out of steam and are feeling pessimistic about their practices’ sustainability and overall health, the sector’s first major stocktake survey indicates
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