12 February 2020

“The norm” is getting increasingly hard to pin down

Officials consider the odds of localised outbreaks of the Wuhan coronavirus in New Zealand may be high in resthomes and other institutions

Doctors’ organisations have joined the nurses’ union in calling on the Government to provide extra funding to close the growing pay gap between practice and DHB nurses

Trainee GPs who sat last year’s GPEP examinations achieved an overall pass rate of 83.6 per cent

Health and disability commissioner Anthony Hill is reminding GPs of the need to do the basics and think critically, as he comments on poor continuity of care in two cases investigated by his office

A Budget bid of about $200,000 is sought by the Health Care Home Collaborative to widen access to its general-practice model of care

News in brief from the last two weeks

Lucy O’Hagan gets her heart pumping and toes tapping as she finds herself engrossed in the joy of music-focused holidays

Karen Carpenter, a practice nurse at Eastcare Health in Aranui, Christchurch, won a Pegasus Health leadership award after battling a liquor store licence in the suburb

Sarah Creegan believes in leading by example