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Routeburn rescue GP exits general practice

Routeburn rescue GP exits general practice
Thursday 17 May 2012, 3:44PM

The Whangarei GP who was rescued from the Routeburn Track in March has decided it’s time to bow out of full-time general practice

Pioneering nerve surgery restores hand use in quadriplegic

Thursday 17 May 2012, 4:01PM

A quadriplegic patient is now able to use one hand to feed himself and to write following pioneering nerve transfer surgery in the US

Nurse suspended for crossing boundaries

Thursday 17 May 2012, 2:28PM

A Dunedin nurse has been suspended from practice for three years for having an inappropriate relationship with a patient

Billion-dollar plan to free up Middlemore

Thursday 17 May 2012, 12:14PM

A billion-dollar development at Manukau SuperClinic could be New Zealand's first health sector public-private partnership.

Latest 'reasonable' fees increase second lowest ever

Wednesday 16 May 2012, 12:44PM

More tight times lie ahead for general practice if the latest statement on “reasonable” GP fee increases is anything to go by

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In bed with pharmacy: Risky business

Friday 11 May 2012, 11:05AM

Integrate, collaborate, communicate. They're the buzzwords of the new Better Sooner More Convenient era. But what are the potential legal and ethical pitfalls? Amanda Cameron takes a look

Doctors on patrol

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To mark Anzac Day, journalist Lucy Ratcliffe spoke to three people in the defence force with an interest in matters medical

Who's Next? South Canterbury and the after-hours furore

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Why should the after-hours stand-off in South Canterbury between four general practices and the DHB be of national interest to all GPs? Liane Topham-Kindley takes a look

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Small PHO scores well

Small PHO scores well

Wednesday 09 May 2012, 10:41AM

Nestled at the bottom of the North Island is Wairarapa PHO. Journalist Paulette Crowley checks out what the PHO has been up to lately

Whanganui gets holistic

Thursday 26 April 2012, 2:59PM

Whanganui is the next stop for journalist Paulette Crowley in a series profiling the country's PHOs

PHO takes consensus approach at all levels

Thursday 12 April 2012, 11:43AM

In the first of a series profiling the country's PHOs, journalist Paulette Crowley takes a look at Western Bay of Plenty

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Guidelines left in ministry twilight zone

Guidelines left in ministry twilight zone

Thursday 10 May 2012, 11:12AM

The director-general of health's grilling by Waitemata DHB staff flags the need for clarification, from NZGG perspective, of the Ministry of Health strategy for implementing evidence-based medicine in the future, writes Jim Vause

Lament for a thoroughbred

Thursday 26 April 2012, 3:04PM

The news the New Zealand Guidlelines Group is to be put down is lamentable writes Auckland GP, chair of ProCare Health Limited and NZGG life member Peter Disbury

Fit for purpose networks essential

Wednesday 11 April 2012, 11:49AM

We always knew the first part of the second term of Government would be a time of reckoning, writes General Practice NZ executive director and chair Bev O'Keefe

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