Some general practices grappling with a slump in consultations are filling the gap by hitting the phones and contacting at-risk and high-needs patients
Swabbers, laboratory workers, public health staff and contact tracers – these are the people who will protect New Zealand for the many months until a COVID-19 vaccine arrives and starts to take effect
Ethnicity findings on bariatric surgery challenge the selection criteria and prompt discussion on equity targets, write researchers who analysed the 1051 patients who had the surgery on the Counties Manukau Health bariatric programme between January 2011 and December 2017
With 20 cruise ships visiting Stewart Island this summer, the island’s only resident health professional had a watchful and wary start to the COVID-19 lockdown
Delivering healthcare to the isolated Chatham Islands is never simple but the pandemic has added extra stress and complications, says Chatham Islands Health Centre clinical nurse manager Sally Lanauze
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