The New Zealand College of Primary Health Care Nurses NZNO is now officially established, saying farewell to the old NZNO sections of practice, district and public Health nurses. My mind went
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Ethicals Compendiums were always welcome prizes, pharmaceutical industry sponsored "competitions" and advertising. Online advertising popups are a constant pain, but the regular updates and
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"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." It's a taunt fired at teachers the world over, be it at the school reunion or just drinks at the local pub. They can blame playwright George
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With its Better Sooner More Convenient policy our Government is treading waters similar to those treaded by the UK Government over the last five years. The UK's Pulse editor Richard Hoey reports
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Oh be still my beating heart! A wish for asystole seems like a better option than reading the College au de Royale GP journal that has just arrived on my desk. Hang on, I'll just stop time and
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Over the last few weeks, the RNZCGP has been seeking submissions on standardised requirements for practice management systems and has put out a discussion document with literally hundreds
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Steve Chadwick wants to take abortion out of the Crimes Act, making it purely a "health" matter with a Bill that would legalise abortion on demand up to 24 weeks and after 24 weeks
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Scrubs on? Do you GPs want a bit of the hospital action to extend your practice, give you more career opportunities or even better work stories? It's been suggested extending the GP scope
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The Minister of Health is planning to have half the number of PHOs by the end of the year. The reduction in numbers will surely result in redundancies and probably reasonable pay outs for the
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As they say, "show me the money", but that mastodon aside what are your ideas about the best models of care, about getting services out of hospital and into the community and,
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