20 November 2019

RuralFest! The name conjures up pony rides, petting zoos, bake-offs, dog trials and candy floss

Unanimous backing for rural health commissioner; DHB bailouts symptomatic of underfunding; Continued rise in numbers covered by insurance; Otago alumna behind major HIV discovery 

Island Bay GP Richard Medlicott will soon be cycling hundreds of kilo­metres through South Island land­scapes to raise doctors’ awareness of chronic fatigue syndrome

It is time for the pendulum to swing back towards generalism in medicine, says the new head of general practice and rural health at the University of Otago

Details of bowel cancer screening starting 10 years earlier for Māori and Pasifika are being thrashed out at the Ministry of Healt

The Government should immediately halt an anti-seizure medication funding switch Pharmac has under way, Epilepsy New Zealand says

More flexible, more relevant, less com­plicated, less onerous and, above all, achievable: the RNZCGP says it has got the Cornerstone programme right this time

Research has revealed the personal re­alities of women’s careers in medicine – an “archaically structured profes­sion” that must change for the well­being of all doctors

Canterbury general practices get better resources and face fewer restrictions in the way they run acute care – and do better by their patients

Urgent care provision in Dunedin is under review as planning ramps up for the city’s first community health hubs