Council says doctors need package deal of clinical and communication skills

Unacceptable view of what makes a doctor, Medical Council says of veteran GP and medical editor Ian St George’s Rotorua conference anecdote

Patients urged to dispose of unwanted medicines safely

Men of different ethnicities needed for Wellington weight loss study

US food poisoning lawyer at Food Integrity Conference

Advancing the endgame for the tobacco pandemic

The responsibility for managing many allergic diseases falls to primary care, and a constrained availability of specialist support and alergy testing means general practice should take every opportunity to upskill within this field

Fever pitch: The road ahead for rheumatic fever

Five years of effort and money have been put into cutting the high rates of rheumatic fever in New Zealand, but the sector has fallen well short of reaching the targets set. Fiona Thomas takes a look at how we arrived at this point and what’s ahead

Taste of country life: A privilege to learn the ropes in rural NZ

It has been 10 years since the University of Otago first gave fifth-year medical students the option of spending a year training in rural communities. Liane Topham-Kindley catches up with three of the original six students, to find out how this one year has influenced their medical careers

Waitemata is the largest DHB by population in New Zealand and its general practices service a diverse range of communities. New Zealand Doctor reporter Aaron van Delden spent two days on the road visiting a range of practices. Here he pops in on Kaipara Medical Centre

Christchurch after-hours battle a little like David and Goliath: Seers

GP Martin Seers is finding establishing an alternative after-hours service in Christchurch is like David facing up to Goliath

Kiwi firm sparked from Oxford thesis grows in real-world radiology rooms

Mathematician and engineering science expert Ralph Highnam built a company around the idea that women will want and need a reliable measure of the density of their breasts

Budget 2017

Wisdom through the ages

Interactive map of practice ownership

Budget 2016 on 26 May

The Zika virus

The defibrillator drone that can beat ambulance times - BBC

Vote delayed as GOP struggles to marshall support for health care bill - New York Times

Brexit could have 'catastrophic' effect on access to new life-saving drugs for decades, warns expert - Independent (UK)

Anaesthetist fined and censured after first time mum's painful C-section - Stuff

Professor tackles superbug - ODT

Locum practice nures Trish Wilkinson pays tribute to a little community health centre in heartland New Zealand

Harbour-facing deck secret weapon as merger moves to completion

GP Emma Dunning has a secret weapon to help smooth the potentially rough waters as two practices become one

City-based specialist training the stumbling block for supply of more rural doctors

Richard Murray is president of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand. An Australian doctor, he suggests New Zealand should learn from Australia’s mixed success in producing doctors for regional and rural areas