24 November 2021

What to write that won’t sound like a broken record, something I’ve written many times before? But, yet again, I have to say that all is not well when it comes to relationships in the health sector

The first step in a national solution to ensure general practices around the country automatically receive COVID-19 test results for their patients, has kicked off

The Ministry of Health is overestimating COVID-19 vaccination rates for Māori and Pacific peoples, says academic and Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā member Donna Cormack

A GP backlash against the process for exempting people from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination led to an about-turn by the Government

GP leaders in Canterbury and Southern DHB districts are making plans for COVID-19 care in the community, aiming to learn from Auckland where patients have “fallen through gaps”

Some general practices and urgent-care clinics are upgrading their ventilation systems to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19

The Ministry of Health added almost 200 more medicines to the schedule from which pharmacist prescribers can prescribe, taking the total to 1713. A media release from the ministry says New Zealand has 37 pharmacist prescribers, largely based in collaborative, multidisciplinary health teams

Health minister Andrew Little gives a briefing at Parliament on COVID care in the community

Auckland specialist GP Sandhya Ramanathan says care for COVID-19 patients in the community has been a “schemozzle”

The health service to care for the growing number of Auckland COVID-19 patients at home has been rebranded Community Isolation and Quarantine (CIQ)