A GP who reportedly slapped a child’s face during a consultation has eroded trust in the doctor–patient relationship, says health and disability commissioner Anthony Hill
The details of how a $56.9 million Canterbury DHB cost-saving plan will impact on primary care in the region are not yet clear, says Pegasus Health PHO chief executive Vince Barry
Margaret Cruickshank, who was New Zealand’s first female GP, can hardly avoid being an inspiration to the people, and particularly the doctors, of Waimate in South Canterbury
It was 1985 and a young Jo Scott-Jones sat with his fellow medical students outside a surgical clinic, watching a doctor examine patients’ breasts for signs of cancer
A Christchurch specialist is calling for cardiovascular risk assessment to include an additional blood test, after he and a colleague demonstrated a link to stiffening of arteries and other problems
Six more general practices in Otago and Southland will get their first health improvement practitioners, after a new cohort was trained last month in Dunedin
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