She’s helping out at a high-needs, hard-to-staff Waitara general practice, has a full-time job at New Plymouth’s MediCross Urgent Care & GP Clinic, works as a police medical officer and represents her community on Taranaki DHB
Two GPs from the same medical centre independently failed to tell a patient of two abnormal PSA test results, months before he developed prostate cancer
General practice support and advocacy group General Practice New Zealand is tightening its belt, saving $90,000 annually by shedding staff and moving its Wellington office
The country has a new health minister and a possible new direction for health following the completion of post-election coalition talks between Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens
The “How to Treat chronic insomnia”concentrated on “non-pharmacological approaches”, with only a small half-column section on medications, titled “Hypnotic medications have a limited role” and advising only prescribing of hypnotics on a short-term basis for intermittent use with planned reduction
Ministry of Health-funded new partnerships to help people quit smoking in primary care fell short of their target nationally, but they can’t be said to have flopped
A hot topic leading up to our general election and sure to be on the agenda for many a meeting to come, is the need for the funding of primary care to change
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