General Practice

In part two of a series on how pharmacists can play a role in reducing the “pill burden”, clinical pharmacist for Tend Health, Katrina Azer, outlines the process of deprescribing

Working in the best interests of patients does not justify actions that amount to malpractice or negligence, says professional conduct committee counsel Belinda Johns 

Specialist GP Tony Hanne has accepted three of five particulars of a wider charge of professional misconduct being made against him by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

Four key challenges to implementing localities, including general practice willingness, are outlined by health systems researcher Tim Tenbensel in a guest editorial in the latest Journal of Primary Health Care 

The pace of change can be extraordinarily slow when the pressure is on and the country’s health professionals wait for news on their workforce future.

A dispute over the upskilling of community pharmacists for new roles in general practice has broken out, just as Te Whatu Ora prepares to usher in more of them, reports Ruth Brown

The pace of change can be extraordinarily slow when the pressure is on and the country’s health professionals wait for news on their workforce future.

A dispute over the upskilling of community pharmacists for new roles in general practice has broken out, just as Te Whatu Ora prepares to usher in more of them, reports Ruth Brown

The money tap is about to be turned on for pharmacists to work in general practice settings, writes Amanda Cameron

Kia ora tātou.News of pharmacists being embedded in general practice feels like a giant step forward for the sector