29 August 2018

Ageing? Probably. In the time it has taken me to figure out how to wrap some issues in the soft embrace of a Beatles lyric snippet, quite a bit of ageing has taken place

Concerns over aged-care, Whanganui PHO audit, ProCare considers becoming a cooperative, Grant Bai resigns, and National Primary Care Data Service is held up

A new deal for three lower North Island PHOs strengthens the arm of primary care networks as providers of health IT

Auckland GP Stephanie Taylor’s suggestion of a name change for GPs is being taken up by the RN­ZCGP board

ACC is running a survey as it considers paying general prac­tices more, so they can charge patients less, for accident-relat­ed visits

A Christchurch general practice would like to treat more hepati­tis C patients, but it can’t afford to and is referring many of them to hospital

Health minister David Clark is confident general practices can manage the rise in demand when the Government’s prom­ise to lower patient fees becomes a reality on 1 December

Local residents are being charged $15 more to attend Whanganui Accident & Medical if their gen­eral practice does not belong to the main PHO, Whanganui Re­gional Health Network

Aged-residential care is big business, and new companies have stepped up to provide general practice care in the sector. Simon Maude examines the changing ways doctors are caring for our oldest and frailest

Health coaches are improving diabetes outcomes in primary care, but general practices shoul­der the cost while the DHB reaps the savings