Opinion piece by Dr Louise Bicknell about a genetic diagnosis for a one-in-a-million condition.
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The Privacy Act 2020 comes into effect on the 1 December. But what does this mean for GPs and other professionals working in the health sector?
A huge milestone in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis has been reached with the publication of a comprehensive management pathway for clinicians.
West Hamilton’s South City Health practice nurse Melissa Castillo’s fourth child developed severe facial eczema at five months, which resulted in her being admitted to hospital to have intravenous antibiotics.
Opinion piece about meningococcal vaccines by Dr Nikki Turner, GP and Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre
A quality improvement is improving medicine access for remote patients.
Cancer is the disease that everyone ‘knows’ because, as The Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day marketing tells us each year, one in three New Zealanders are affected by cancer.
COVID-19 has undoubtedly seen a change in workflow for many sectors, and general practice is no different.
Caitlin Whitford has quickly become a deft hand at removing a wayward fish hook. The GP's practice even has a trophy wall of ‘Turangi Special' lures and flies extracted from their human casters.
Growing up in Tokoroa, Dr Caitlin Whitford knew that rural communities often don’t have the doctors they need and from day one at medical school, she aimed to fill that gap.
With the College Fellowship and Awards Ceremony cancelled due to COVID-19, the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Faculty took matters into their own hands to celebrate 12 new Fellows from the region.
Protecting the reputation of general practice in New Zealand may sound like a job for a knight on a trusty steed, but College Distinguished Fellow Dr Kerryn Lum is more than capable for the task.
College Fellow, Dr Pauline Horrill is a convenor and teacher of postgraduate primary health care papers at the University.
Alliance health Plus PHO held their annual awards recently, celebrating outstanding achievement in primary care.
College Fellow Dr Glenn Colquhoun is passionate about making connections with the young people he cares for, so much so his latest collection of poetry is dedicated to them.
Dr Graham McGeoch seems to have achieved an awful lot for someone who describes himself as ‘not a completer or finisher’.
When New Zealand’s COVID-19 pandemic response needed a Pasifika voice, Dr Api Talemaitoga did not hesitate to step up to the task.
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