Marrllyn Donaldson, or Maz, is a former British Army captain who works as a long-term conditions nurse for the WellSouth PHO and primary health network. Space travel and sports are two of her passions
After a 21-month hiatus, the general practice sector’s contract talks forum with funder Te Whatu Ora met and approved a new protocol this month, allowing practices to appoint their own agents
Intellectually disabled people can expect to live 20 years less than the general population; for Māori, the gap is even wider. IHC New Zealand advocate Shara Turner outlines a profound system failure
Fiona Cassie looks at the lead-up to the eleventhhour allocation of new immunisation funding for general practices offered in the wake of the widening of infant vax providers to community pharmacies
Commercial python farming could be a sustainable means of future human food production. Researchers studied more than 4000 reticulated and Burmese pythons, finding they grew rapidly over 12 months without needing food as often as other livestock, according to findings published in Scientific Reports
Pharmacists will be the predominant part of the Government-funded Comprehensive Primary and Community Team work in the southern part of Tasman district, southwest of Nelson City
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