Prudence Walker starts next month in the new role of kaihautū tika hauātanga disability rights commissioner, leading Te Kāhui Tika Tangata – the Human Rights Commission’s work in disability rights
New Zealand’s ongoing healthcare workforce shortages and reliance on overseas-trained healthcare workers were on the table at Te Whatu Ora’s latest board meeting
Zahra Shahtahmasebi checks in with the tourist town health centre that made a name for itself responding to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquakes. The small town of Kaikōura has only one general practice – Kaikōura Healthcare just off State Highway 1 on Deal Street. The town has a population of just under 4000 people – but many more during the tourist seasons
The health minister looks increasingly like someone who has realised they have been handed a lighted stick of dynamite rather than a baton, writes Orna McGinn
Prudence Walker starts next month in the new role of kaihautū tika hauātanga disability rights commissioner, leading Te Kāhui Tika Tangata – the Human Rights Commission’s work in disability rights
Zahra Shahtahmasebi checks in with the tourist town health centre that made a name for itself responding to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquakes. The small town of Kaikōura has only one general practice – Kaikōura Healthcare just off State Highway 1 on Deal Street. The town has a population of just under 4000 people – but many more during the tourist seasons
Reversing diabetes via lifestyle change may, indeed, be possible in well-resourced whānau but many people with long-term conditions need ongoing medical support, write Ben Gray and Eileen McKinlay
Change the GP clinic into a centre of excellence for disease reversal with programmes lasting a defined period of time before we discharge clients back to the community, suggests Glen Davies
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