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The College is pleased to announce Health Aotearoa 2020, a conference that will replace WONCA NZ, which was postponed owing to COVID-19 concerns.

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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has called the final report of The Health and Disability System Review ‘progressive and promising.’

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New research published today by the Journal of Primary Health Care, which is produced by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners shows that the New Zealand health system is not well set up to deal with multimorbidities.

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During New Zealand’s COVID-19 response, general practice adapted rapidly (ahead of the Government’s lockdown) and now has a plan for an accessible and equitable community health model.

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Hawke’s Bay GP and Distinguished Fellow Dr Kerryn Lum has been appointed as the College’s new Censor in Chief.

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The theme for World Family Doctor Day on Tuesday, 19 May is, ‘family doctors on the front line.’

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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is disappointed that general practice has been left out of today’s Budget announcement.

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It’s fair to say that injections and smear tests aren’t everybody’s favourite but they’re necessary and need to be done - even during a global pandemic.

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New Zealanders are getting sicker because great numbers of people have stopped calling their GPs during the lockdown, despite clinics being open and safe.

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A survey conducted by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners yesterday shows that GPs are at breaking point. The College is calling on the Government for urgent action.

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To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 GPs have been asked to do more of their consultations by phone, email and video. Patients requiring face-to-face GP appointments will get them, but non-urgent, routine appointments will be done remotely.

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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has welcomed the Government’s $500 million for health, announced today in the COVID-19 rescue package, and is looking forward to hearing the detail of how it will be rolled out.

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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners wholeheartedly endorse the Government’s announcement today that bans public gatherings over 500 people, held outdoors or indoors.

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We are very pleased to confirm that we have secured a new date for the conference: Thursday 5 – Saturday 7 November 2020.

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A new medal will honour the memory of Dr Amjad Hamid, who was tragically killed in March 2019’s Christchurch mosque attack.

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The College is working closely with the Ministry of Health to ensure College members are kept up-to-date about the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

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Read our summary of the 18 February Coronavirus webinar for members.

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There aren’t any quick fixes to the GP shortages hurting New Zealand’s most vulnerable communities.

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On Tuesday 4 February the College hosted a member webinar to update GPs on the current state of play regarding coronavirus.

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More than 1000 GPs, nurses, and health professionals have now registered to come to Auckland in April for the Asia-Pacific regional conference on family medicine.

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