April 2025

Packed with real-life examples and actionable strategies, What do I say next? empowers GPs to have meaningful solutionsbased conversations with patients, writes Lucy O’Hagan

The plan to slash elective surgery waitlists by increasing outsourcing to the private sector by the end of June has been slammed as impractical

The recent flurry of announcements for new initiatives and funding in primary care are, in the main, welcome, but the sector is now on high alert for details, writes editor Barbara Fountain

When all is chaos, conferences are reliably and reassuringly constant, events where the most important questions are always: "What's for lunch? Is there cake?"

March kicked off with a flurry of health announcements; it was a lot to take in. So, to gauge readers’ reactions to the various funding initiatives, we at New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa decided to take a straw poll. We surveyed Daily Triage email newsletter subscribers, asking ‘What do you reckon?’ about the health minister’s Primary Care Package. The process ran from 13 to 17 March and had 102 responses. Deputy editor Patrice Dougan delves into the findings

Researchers who analysed 102 existing studies found no evidence women’s cognitive abilities change across the menstrual cycle

Health minister Simeon Brown’s policy playbook feels eerily familiar, echoing Tony Ryall’s era with its focus on targets, efficiency and private sector involvement. But is it just a patch on the potholes on an increasingly fragile road? Tim Tenbensel ponders

Legal action will likely follow the Te Puni Kōkiri Ministry of Māori Development tender process that saw all three whānau ora commissioning agencies lose their contracts

More GPs practising in New Zealand by the middle of next year is a target set by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora in a summary of its delivery plan

PACKAGE: $30.4 million over five years to “attract, recruit and support” up to 400 graduate nurses a year