On home visits, enrolled nurse Maudie Paul-Palmer takes cervical-cancer smears or changes wound dressings and, on one memorable occasion, she took a patient’s blood pressure in a pizza parlour. Fiona Cassie reports on a pioneer of the enrolled-nurse role in general practice
Medical students are being offered $200,000 for six months’ work in Australia once they graduate, says a student who is feeling tempted to take up the offer
The outreach efforts of Auckland health workers enabled New Zealanders to celebrate Christmas last year with a semblance of normality during the COVID-19 Delta outbreak
Natasha Jojoa Burling delves into the sometimes tragic problem of people with reduced capacity who don’t have a friend or family member to attend to their private matters
Lady Tureiti Moxon is proud to have been on the inaugural board of Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority, but found some relief at not being appointed to the board proper
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