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More young rural GPs focus for incoming chair

More young rural GPs focus for incoming chair
Thursday 23 May 2013, 4:10PM

Attracting young people into rural general practice is a top priority for the new chair of the Rural GP Chapter of the RNZCGP

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Chicken pox vaccine out of stock

Thursday 23 May 2013, 3:54PM

High demand for unfunded varicella vaccine is pressing New Zealand supplies as Varilrix goes out of stock in the next two weeks

My GP knows my name – patients support their docs

Thursday 23 May 2013, 3:29PM

Patients of UK GPs are showing their doctors support on Twitter, after weeks of negative press and attacks on the profession by politicians

Waitemata residents enjoy better health, survey shows

Thursday 23 May 2013, 1:58PM

Waitemata residents are among the healthiest in the country, a report has found

Health problems shorten lives of mentally ill

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 3:56PM

People with mental illness have short lives due to health problems, not because of an increased tendency to commit suicide – new Australian research

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Un-Doctored

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More children getting help to see

minister of health Tony RyallThursday 23 May 2013, 3:26PM

Introducing find your midwife

the New Zealand College of Midwives Thursday 23 May 2013, 2:32PM

Waitemata residents among the healthiest in New Zealand

Media release from Waitemata DHBThursday 23 May 2013, 11:45AM

Cold Kiwis show need for lower power prices, home insulation

Green PartyThursday 23 May 2013, 10:23AM
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St John charts new heading

St John charts new heading

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 2:56PM

St John is changing - the way it's structured, the way it operates and the way it looks. Reynald Castaneda looks at new directions on the horizon for the ambulance service

Honouring one of medicine's finest hearts and minds

Thursday 09 May 2013, 3:50PM

Virginia McMillan reflects on the life and times of a GP and leader.Peter Foley, 28 October 1954 to 15 April 2013. RIP

They love you, they love you not: DHBs and primary care

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 1:44PM

Are DHBs walking the talk when it comes to embracing the primary healthcare sector? Liane Topham-Kindley takes a look.

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Software keeps PHO on top of influenza ‘hotspots’

Software keeps PHO on top of influenza ‘hotspots’

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 3:05PM

Compass Health plans to keep its practices one step ahead of the flu this winter with new software that tracks outbreaks.

Joint venture takes heat off GP owners in south Auckland

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 1:56PM

Liane Topham-Kindley looks at a GP-owned company set up in south Auckland 23 years ago to run an after-hours clinic which now owns four practices

Company founded in son's memory

Thursday 28 March 2013, 4:41PM

Nearly four years on from the untimely death of their son, an Auckland family is celebrating the first birthday of a pharmaceuticals company they founded in his memory

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Budget 2013

Barbara FountainThursday 09 May 2013, 9:13AM

PHO contract

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Primary Thinking podcast series transcripts

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Serious and sentinel events data 2011/2012

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One of a series of videos from Waikato DHB giving insight into the many jobs that keep the DHB running

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Counties Manukau GP researcher Tim Kenealy talks to New Zealand Doctor for our Primary Thinking podcast series. Dr Kenealy’s research interests are diabetes and long-term conditions. He is also currently an associate professor of integrated care at Auckland University and is the clinical lead for quality improvement in Counties Manukau localities [22/05/13]

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Jim Vause

S/N ratios in a haystack

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Show us your butt crack

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Petrol pump news - The Tonight Show

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A dance with death and collegial opinion

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Commentary

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Striking the right balance of protection and connection

Striking the right balance of protection and connection

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 3:01PM

Middlemore Hospital intensive care specialist David Galler says healthcare workers live in the swirl of a thousand novels, surrounded by the best of real-life stories. That takes some managing

The smiling face of alcohol’s dark side pays a visit to a sceptic

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 2:00PM

A charm offensive from Big Booze shows it won't take responsibility for its part in our alcohol problem, writes Doug Sellman

Turning our backs

Wednesday 27 March 2013, 12:15PM

Health Care Aotearoa national coordinator Muriel Tunoho raises some red flags about new funding approaches being floated with the new PHO contract and its associated quality and incentive programme

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Human translators beat online tools hands down

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 3:31PM Comments 0
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Latest Reports

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The Health of Pacific Adults and Children

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