20 June 2018

Health minister David Clark had to pass a test at Rotorua GP CME this month. Yes, there is a test, and it has been fine-tuned over the years and pared down to maybe five key performance indicators

Extra payment for shingles vaccine, dentistry dean to lead health sciences, vitamin C on trial for sepsis treatment...

Wellington-headquartered Com-pass Health is signalling an end to the divide between big, corpo­rate-style primary care networks and smaller, community, high-needs PHOs

A team from Douglas Pharmaceuticals took away this year’s New Zealand Doctor Trivialitis Trophy at the Rotorua GP CME

Health minister David Clark has not burned his bridges with primary care and GPs can be pa­tient “for a while”, says NZMA chair Kate Baddock

Counties Manukau DHB has pulled its funding of overnight primary care services in its dis­trict

Criminal proceeds from illegal drugs are funding extra detox­ification beds at Auckland City Mission

Virginia McMillan meets the irrepressible leader of the team that will redesign the mental health system – by 31 October

The method used to calculate the reasonable annual fee in­crease lags behind costs and is not fit for purpose, says Primary Health Alliance PSAAP negotia­tor Angus Chambers

Te Awamutu GP Liza Lack took on the job of role-modelling a GP–patient consultation with a mental health theme, but says the result is by no means per­fect