24 October 2018

The future board of the new Federation of Prima­ry Health Aotearoa New Zealand still has work to do to figure out how to ac­commodate groups which want to join, says Dame An­nette King

Sue Bielby is a GP at Four Kauri Family Medical Centre in Auckland’s Mt Albert. She loves cheese, wine and watching dancing on ice

In which the practice has a celebratory beer and curry in hopes it has finally scaled the RNZCGP’s quality heights

Living in the UK for the past year, GP Jonathan Simon has had a chance to look at the impact of virtual health systems on primary care; specifically, Babylon’s GP at Hand

The Ministry of Health has some serious work to do to win back the sector, says David Galler. It needs to get down and dirty with the people at the front line and understand that they, not the ministry, make the change that gives us the health system we need

This month, our panel is asked whether it’s okay to date another doctor at the same practice. If you are a GPEP registrar and have a question for the panel, please email smaude@nzdoctor.co.nz

Health centre staff are being re­minded they cannot impose fees to provide patients with copies of their medical notes

Nearly three-quarters of GPs responding to the latest New Zealand Doctor/IQVIA fax poll feel they had been ill-prepared for running a business

Culture has visible components like how the practice looks and the way staff present themselves, but the real measure is often the attitude of staff and the way the practice communicates its values to staff and patients alike

New Zealand GPs will have to be “ignited and engaged” to work with UK virtual health giant Babylon Health, if and when it launches here, says John Macaskill-Smith