The forecast for today’s fee rise…
By Bill DouglasMonday 14 December 2009, 11:34am
Blogger Bill Douglas considers the impact of economic climate
change
I sometimes think it would be a good idea to have a website or
morning news programme about the state of the nation's
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Where there’s smoke there’s fire
By Barbara DochertyThursday 10 December 2009, 1:51pm
Blogger Barbara Docherty wonders what we've learnt from years of
trying to get people to stop smoking
The recently released Ministry of Health report on delivery of
effective smoking
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To dream the impossible dream
By Bill DouglasMonday 07 December 2009, 11:15am
Blogger Bill Douglas suspects there are limits to the benefits
of certifiying doctors
The about to be former health and disability commissioner Ron
Paterson has won a Law Foundation fellowship
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Country Cousins
By Barbara DochertyThursday 03 December 2009, 1:57pm
Blogger Barbara Docherty finds ACC changes are going
to hit hard in the heartland
Travelling to the heartland of New Zealand is one of life's
greatest privileges.
And after a week on
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Practice nurses speak out
By Barbara DochertyThursday 26 November 2009, 2:01pm
Blogger Barbara Docherty receives feedback on
accountability
Thank you to the practice nurses who responded to last week's blog
[insert link] about the lack of practice nurse accountability
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Who pays for clip removers
By Bill DouglasTuesday 24 November 2009, 2:03pm
Blogger Bill Douglas finds more anomalies in the
world of health funding
For a country of 4.3 million people there appears to be 4.3 million
ways of doing the same thing or achieving the same
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Bows at Donovan’s Store
By Martin LondonMonday 23 November 2009, 2:05pm
Photoblogger and West Coast GP Martin London attends a unique
cultural event in Okarito
We have the South Westland Bow Hunters Club based at Hari Hari,
though if there is a secret Beau
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Sugar coated accountability
By Barbara DochertyThursday 19 November 2009, 2:21pm
Blogger Barbara Docherty ponders a tragic case for a family and
for nursing at large
She was 68 and died following an apparently preventable
hypoglycaemia attack.
The Auckland DHB
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Just Left
By Martin LondonMonday 16 November 2009, 2:24pm
Photoblogger and West Coast GP Martin London talks
about a space on a chair
It's such a privilege doing general practice. You get exposed to
some highly personal experiences suffused with
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To share or not to share
By Bill DouglasMonday 16 November 2009, 2:23pm
Bill Douglas finds there's more to sharing records than good
music
In the greater scheme of things, there doesn't seem to be a lot of
information coming out of the Bay of Plenty about the
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