16 August 2017

Overwork, stress, increased compliance, inequity, Very Low Cost Access subsidy unfairness, copayment gripes, burnout, the silver tsunami of retirements: GPs have a long and varied list of concerns for their profession

Health minister Jonathan Cole­man has dropped a hint of be­hind-the-scenes developments with the widely disparaged Very Low Cost Access subsidy

An Australian government partner to the now-cancelled APAC Forum wrote to Counties Manukau DHB leadership appalled at the decision to axe the event and the lack of consultation

Funding for GP registrars on the RNZCGP’s training programme is falling short – a ridiculous situation, president Tim Malloy said at the college conference in Dunedin

Sex education has been taken over by an aggressive pornography industry and needs to be reclaimed, sexual health promoter Evelyn Mann says. 

A young woman with scoliosis suffered a collapsed lung after a physiotherapist performed trigger-point needling on her

US medical organisations are being urged to regularly test older doctors for cognitive decline, but NZMA chair Kate Baddock says more emphasis on competence would pick up cognitive decline in any doctor

Wellington GP Ian St George questions the Medical Council’s ability to detect under-perform­ing doctors

Gita Patel is an Auckland GP who runs a two-clinic VLCA practice in Northcote and Ponsonby. She inherited All Care Family Medical Centre from her father, who
established the practice in 1957