Three-year contract for Mobile Surgical Service; Thirteen DHBs drop urogynaecological mesh surgeries; HDC complaints up 13 per cent; Workforce and medicines equity; Ministry fills three top jobs
Health groups have welcomed visits from Heather Simpson, chair of the Government’s health and disability system review, but the approach being taken is starting to raise questions
Northland GPs were dealing with frightened parents and medicine shortages as the urgent vaccination campaign against the region’s meningococcal W outbreak got under way last week
RNZCGP members are waiting to see how new president Sam Murton approaches the task of rebuilding confidence in the college after a difficult few months
For the second year in a row, a small single-doctor general practice has won the top prize at the ProCare Quality Awards, beating competition from some of the country’s largest clinics
Practice nurses are said to be dissatisfied with the 4 per cent pay increase negotiated by the nurses’ union, with even NZMA chair Kate Baddock accepting they should get more
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