30 January 2019

A casual observer on the high streets of England could be forgiven for thinking barbers are the country’s response to Brexit; that, whatever the future holds, the current worries are being dealt with one trim at a time, possibly followed by a shave with a cut-throat razor and hot towels

The directors of Great Barrier Island’s Aotea Health can stick another award on the mantelpiece this year, this time bestowed by Rotary

Important health sector comings and goings during New Zealand Doctor's summer hiatus

NZMA chair Kate Baddock says GPs are concerned and angry at comments by health minis­ter David Clark suggesting they can cope with challenges to their sustainability by changing the way they run their practices

The first thing Tim Malloy wants to know when presented with his To Infinity and Beyond award is “why?”

Auckland general practice pro­fessor Ngaire Kerse has a mis­sion for 2019: to make New Zealand a more age-friendly place to live

A survey that asked RNZCGP members how they felt about calling themselves and their col­leagues “specialist general prac­titioners” closed last week with 359 responses

Dietary supplements, Māori medicines and direct-to-con­sumer advertising have been left up in the air in a massive over­haul of controls on medicines and medical devices

ACC’s long-term artificial limb service contract is getting re­vamped

The funding of pan-genotypic hepatitis C drug Maviret is being hailed as a major step forward in fighting the disease, but there is still no sign of financial support for GP prescribers