Mt Roskill GP registrar Vanisi Prescott, “the TikTok doctor”, knows the personal impact of good role models; she didn’t believe a job in medicine was possible until she saw Samoan GP Debbie Ryan in a white coat.
The government needs to work out who will pay for widespread telehealth management of mild-tomoderate COVID-19 in the community, says Primary Care Clinical Leaders Group chair Jo Scott-Jones.
Patients would have great difficulty finding out from Auckland general practices just what contraception they provide, says a primary care professional.
The NZMA is talking a fresh look at its stance on health equity – dubbed “not very good” by a leading Māori doctor and “groundbreaking, arguably, in its day” by chair Alistair Humphrey.
Migrant doctors who have had a year of anxiety over their right to live in New Zealand have welcomed the opening up of residency to 5000 health and aged-care workers.
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