31 March 2021

“The Missing” seemed a fitting title for a cover story on the latest instalment of workforce figures from the RNZCGP

The Government’s health changes are running several months be­hind expectation

We’re launching a new feature on www.nzdoctor.co.nz this month to help subscribers keep track of the content they love to read

Mahitahi Hauora is relaunching a programme seeking to improve whānau engagement with general practice

Uncertainty remains over the on­going funding of practice nurse pay parity, now a deal has been ratified by nurses and practices

National MP Todd Muller’s Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill has been drawn from the members’ bills ballot

Snowballing rates of diabetes are a national crisis akin to the threat of COVID-19, says Waikato DHB Māori doctors’ spokesperson and en¬docrinologist Jade Tamatea

An Auckland clinic is being investigated for possible breach of the advertising rules on cannabis products, which “can¬not be advertised in any way”

Health and Independence Report 2019: Released on 9 March, the 53-page report presents the latest data on measures of health, including life expectancy, causes of health loss, and determinants of health

Health reforms were to have prioritised primary and com­munity services – but not any more. A key figure in the reforms, Martin Hefford, has given the impres­sion that broader structural changes are the priority