11 December 2019

 The day I had been dreading for around 25 years has arrived. My GP* is retiring. That’s “my” as in possessive case

We asked some of our readers, “What went right for you and what went wrong for you in general practice in 2019?”

 GPs shouldn’t feel health system re­view panel chair Heather Simpson wants to attack their businesses in her role as harbinger of change to the health system

Many summers ago – 30 in all – when New Zealand Doctor was born, it was decreed by the then editor that there should be no issues over the Christmas period and early summer

Pinnacle Ventures and Red Sheds talking turkey in time for Christmas?

PHOs are in the dark about their ex¬panded roles in the RNZCGP’s new Cornerstone programme, which kicks off in only four months

 Hawke’s Bay DHB is considering paying GPs for meeting time, now that it has dumped the role of chief medical officer for primary care

Measles shook up most general practices, and political disgruntlement was noticeable in many GPs

The RNZCGP has signed OraTaiao’s call for action on climate change and health

Primary care leaders are pushing for the next Budget to allow general prac­tice capitation funding to take health inequities and high needs into ac­count