28 March 2018

MidCentral DHB’s dental service fleet contains vehicles named Tooth Booth, Chew Checker, Teeth Sleuth, Miles of Smiles and In for a Grin

South Link Health Inc is prom­ising to file long-delayed paper­work to the Charities Services, but the GP organisation’s future is up in the air

The latest RNZCGP workforce survey contains few surprises for college president Tim Mal­loy, who says looming GP retire­ment remains the biggest worry for general practice

Large drop in number of overweight children, Medsafe backs down after RNZCGP objection, NZ Defence dental outreach revives smiles

A bowel cancer charity is fault­ing the Ministry of Health for its handling of the fallout from the Waitemata DHB bowel screening pilot – the approxi­mately 10,000 eligible older per­sons who haven’t yet been asked if they want to take part

New Zealand has moved ahead of Australia in newborn screening by adding a test that finds babies at risk of fatal infections from a rare genetic disorder

A lot of medical research misleads people about the value of new in­terventions and tests, clinical epi­demiologist Patrick Bossuyt says

Pathology Update 2018 in Sydney from 2 to 4 March was the major scientific event of the year for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.

Apologising doesn’t come easy to many, but a good apology can heal many emotional wounds. Fiona Thomas asks the experts to shed light on the controversial doctor-to-patient apology