18 November 2020

A change is as good as a holiday, and the appointment of Andrew Little to the health portfolio appears to have delivered a moment of relaxation in the sector

Green Cross has slipped silently into the virtual consultation business, launching its video service HouseCall without any fanfare last month

ProCare Health general practices can now compare their performance on five clinical indicators with that of 170-plus fellow practices

Referendum voters’ narrow rejection of recreational cannabis last month has put the Government and legalisation supporters at loggerheads

RNZCGP president Sam Murton would like to see officials get started, consulting and working on the structures and governance system for assisted dying.

I ncoming health minister Andrew Little is retaining his Treaty of Waitangi negotiations portfolio from the last parliamentary term, and says it’s a good fit for serving Māori people properly

Primary care has a good chance of getting in the Government’s ear on how COVID-19 vaccines will be managed

Eastern Institute of Technology professor of Māori and indigenous research David Tipene-Leach (Ngāti Kahungunu/Ngāti Kere, Ngāti Manuhiri) has been honoured for his leadership on the flax wahakura for babies to sleep in

A study showing disparities in metformin prescribing is an important step in unpicking a complex situation, says RNZCGP clinical director and Porirua GP Bryan Betty

If rheumatic fever were a Pākehā problem, a solution would have been put in place long ago, says University of Auckland medical anthropologist Anneka Anderson