General Practice

Going the extra mile and putting in the hard yards, has seen 40.1% (53 practices) of ProCare’s 167 general practices across Tāmaki Makaurau having in excess of 85% of their patients receive their first does of the Pfizer vaccination

The COVID-19 pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to highlight the high number of incorrect prescriptions being sent through the New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS), and to finally get something done about the problem.

The innovative “toolbox” of measures being rolled out to combat the Delta outbreak must be hardwired into the health system, says Manukau GP Apisalome Talemaitoga.

Māori health academic David Tipene-Leach is keen to counter any hesitancy GPs might feel as they consider embracing cultural safety in their practices.

The NZMA wants the Supreme Court to resolve a test case that leaves general practice shareholders potentially exposed to lawsuits arising from their GP partners’ medical mistakes.

Despite lockdown hiccups this week, Canterbury is now streaking ahead with its COVID vaccination rollout, thanks partly to community pharmacy getting on board

An enthusiastic crowd filled the Marlborough Convention Centre in Blenheim for the Natural Health Products NZ Summit to hear industry experts and a keynote speech by trailblazing GP Lance O’Sullivan. Pharmacy Today journalist Anna Lee reports

Māori and Pacific children face more barriers to seeing a GP than other children and those who do are twice as likely to be hospitalised, according to a new report led by a Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researcher

The Medical Council is warning doctors spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination rollout that it could cost them their jobs

Rapid population growth in rural Auckland has led to plans for a new general practice plus pharmacy