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23 December 2008
Briefing to the Minister of Health
The College has developed its briefing to the Minister of Health. This document outlines the College’s views on the most important matters for general practitioners and general practice which are: read more
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26 November 2008
Quality Symposium 2009
Greater general practice and primary care leadership is needed to improve quality and information systems in New Zealand read more
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12 November 2008
Rotorua GP to lead College of GPs
Fulltime Rotorua GP Harry Pert has won the Presidency of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for 2009-2011, with his Deputy the former editor of the New Zealand Family Physician, Dr Tony Townsend. read more
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1 October 2008
Minister hot off the Press
Minister hot off the Press read more
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1 October 2008
New Discussion Guide
New resource cards have been developed for primary care practitioners to use in a consultation when asked about prostate cancer testing. A brochure, Testing for Prostate Cancer: Information for Men and their Families has also been prepared to support the consultation. Both resources will be distributed to GPs during the first week of October by the New Zealand Guidelines Group, which managed the updating process for the Ministry of Health. It has been endorsed by RNZCGP, and GPs were on the working party. Based on the best available evidence, for health practitioners, and men and their families/whanau, the information aims to: read more
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1 October 2008
Getting it right
The Medical Training Board released its first major report today; and the first suggestion is to increase medical school places by 100 by 2012. read more