1 March 2023

Editor Barbara Fountain wonders what happened to the promise of 2023

Practice sustainability will be a key focus for incoming General Practice NZ chair and soon-to-beformer RNZCGP medical director Bryan Betty

Hayley Scott is a specialist GP and co-owner of Health Ngatea and Health Te Aroha

Lucy O’Hagan finds there is something missing in her consultations

Auckland hospitals have not joined the digital system Your Health Summary, which can give them access to information from their patients’ general practice medical records

General practices affected by Cyclone Gabrielle are urged to keep good records of costs in case they need to claim on insurance or seek special help from the Government

The COVID-19 royal commission of inquiry was expected to outline how it will proceed by this week

Pharmac wants companies to pitch to supply it with continuous glucose monitors, as well as insulin pumps and related consumables

Work is under way between the RNZCGP and Nurse Practitioners New Zealand after nurse practitioners raised concerns raised about a position paper on their profession

Otago medical students’ elective programme has been cut by half, following an inquiry into the controversial “bunking off” culture