Lee Mathias surprised and saddened by DHB decisions on Ko Awatea

IN PRINT: The former chair of Counties Manukau DHB is questioning the reasons behind the cancel­lation of Ko Awatea’s APAC Forum, describing it as “hugely embarrassing”

Do robots get burnout? The latest issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

RACS applauds launch of Bariatric Surgery Registry

Leading the way on infection control

One in three cases of dementia could be prevented by targeting risk factors from childhood onwards

After five years of trialling and planning, New Zealand starts to see bowel screening introduced to the wider population this month. General practice is crucial to the success of the programme. Virginia McMillan finds out what it means for practices and their older patients

Defying the experts, loving to the max

Blenheim GP Buzz Boothman-Burrell is an ebullient, effervescent enthusiast who deals with people’s health on a daily basis, but he faces one of his toughest health challenges within his own family. Liane Topham-Kindley visits Buzz at home in the Wairau Valley to hear Poppy’s story

An approach to allergy testing: Using the laboratory wisely and well

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

First there were two, now there are three 30-something women owners of Springlands Health Centre in Blenheim

Nine patients, one GP – Taupo practice takes a shot at group COPD consults

A Taupo practice is testing econo­mies of scale by adopting group medical consultations, a popular concept in the US

Private sector management lessons hard to apply in general practice

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

Budget 2017

Wisdom through the ages

Interactive map of practice ownership

Budget 2016 on 26 May

The Zika virus

PAs and physios could study medicine part-time to boost doctor numbers - Pulse

Huge increase in steroid use in New Zealand - Newshub

Being told I was a disappointment to medicine haunted me for years - Guardian

New GP models must be trialled ‘urgently’, says Government report - Pulse

Gut microbiota is critical for the induction of chemotherapy-induced pain - Nature Neuroscience Journal

Healthcare Aotearoa has reconfirmed its fundamental purpose to advocate for and protect the wellbeing of high-needs communities and the model of integrated, community-based healthcare provision that supports them

A call to arms goes out once more to keep quality primary healthcare

Baby boomers and health IT threaten to gobble up health resources. But, as we adapt, let’s treasure personal connection, writes Larry Jordan

Nurse-led healthcare in Eketahuna, a small place with a big heart

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