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New Zealand Doctor offices are closing down for a month but there’s still plenty to read, including our top 12 stories for 2018

Barbara

Fountain

Friday 14 December 2018, 10:06 AM

+News

Primary care negotiators urge minister to take urgent action on primary care

By Barbara Fountain

Saturday 15 December 2018, 08:36 PM

+News

Chart busters: A glimpse at ELearning’s top 10 courses of all time

By Gayle Robins

Friday 14 December 2018, 10:24 AM

+News

Paracetamol shortage will hopefully end in early 2019, Pharmac

By Pharmacy Today

Friday 14 December 2018, 10:27 AM

+News

Striking Wellington GPs sick of ‘no’ from their PHO

By Simon Maude

Friday 14 December 2018, 09:53 AM

+News

HDC urges haste on health IT ventures to cut medication error rate

By Ruth Brown

Thursday 13 December 2018, 03:12 PM

Hosted content

From 12 December 2018, the Champix^® (varenicline tartrate) quit smoking aid will be replaced by Varenicline Pfizer (varenicline tartrate).

Pfizer New Zealand

Monday 12 November 2018, 03:10 PM

In the news

+Off duty

Nothing Under Four Stars: Gender fluidity

By David Doig

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 03:15 PM

+Business

New company aiming to fill knowledge gap in primary healthcare business

By Cliff Taylor

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 04:07 PM

+Health IT

Getting authentic: The Holy Grail of 2FA

By Keira Stephenson

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 03:32 PM

+Clinical

New patient jets in from US – soon this GP is pleading with his insurance company

By Jonathan Bentley

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 03:23 PM

In the spotlight

GPs reflect on 2018 and make prognosis' for 2019

New Zealand Doctor team

Thursday 13 December 2018, 05:00 PM

+In the spotlight

A few words on 2018

By New Zealand Doctor team

Thursday 13 December 2018, 05:00 PM

+In the spotlight

Everybody calls me Cam

By Virginia McMillan

Thursday 8 November 2018, 10:02 AM

New Dunedin Hospital Artists Conceptual Impression 2019

+In the spotlight

Bricks, mortar and a whole lot of hope

By Ruth Brown

Friday 23 November 2018, 10:27 AM

+In the spotlight

Quantum leaps into the future

By Virginia McMillan

Friday 26 October 2018, 10:54 AM

Te tupuna from Manukanuka o Hoturoa marae in Auckland (Photo: Curtis Walker)

+In the spotlight

TIME TO KŌRERO. Te reo! Give it a go

By Ruth Brown

Thursday 13 September 2018, 12:00 PM

+In the spotlight

Where the heart is: Tim Malloy’s road to recovery

By Cliff Taylor

Friday 14 September 2018, 10:19 AM

Melanie Wi Repa in a beautiful forest landscape_Photo by Peter Meecham

+In the spotlight

Natural-born advocate

By Virginia McMillan

Friday 28 September 2018, 08:31 AM

+In the spotlight

All eyes on Dr Bloomfield

By Virginia McMillan

Wednesday 15 August 2018, 10:11 AM

+In the spotlight

Keeping up with the corporates: A who’s who of practice ownership

By Fiona Thomas

Wednesday 1 August 2018, 11:45 AM

+In the spotlight

Genomics and GPs – mapping the wild frontier

By Cliff Taylor

Friday 20 July 2018, 10:10 AM

+In the spotlight

Better call Harry

By Ruth Brown

Friday 6 July 2018, 11:26 AM

+In the spotlight

The not-quite-$8 billion health budget review

By New Zealand Doctor team

Monday 11 June 2018, 11:27 AM

+In the spotlight

Rural SLATs: Slicing up the rural funding pie

By Keira Stephenson

Friday 25 May 2018, 03:19 PM

Jobs

University of Waikato - General Practitioner

University of Waikato

02/11/2017

Waikato

Royal Flying Doctor Service - Medical Officers Required

Royal Flying Doctor Service

12/12/2018

General practitioner - Blenheim

Redwoodtown Medical

06/06/2018

Nelson

Tasmanian Health Service Statewide Registrar Campaign 2019

Tasmanian Health Service

12/12/2018

General Practitioner(s) - Owaka, South Otago

Catlins Medical Centre

12/12/2018

Otago

General Practice Services - Whanganui and Manawatu Prisons

Department of Corrections

12/12/2018

Manawatu-Whanganui

Medical Director (extended closing date)

Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation

21/11/2018

Bay of Plenty

Whitby Doctors seeks GP to join great team

Whitby Doctors Ltd

13/11/2018

Wellington

GP positions x 2 in New Plymouth

Carefirst

21/11/2018

Taranaki

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor General Practice & Primary Healthcare

University of Auckland

13/12/2018

Auckland

GP full-time Porirua /Ora Toa PHO

Ora Toa PHO

25/10/2017

Wellington

General Practitioner - part-time, Tauranga

Te Manu Toroa Trust

13/11/2018

Bay of Plenty

GP wanted in friendly Feilding

Feilding Health Care

16/08/2018

Manawatu-Whanganui

Opinion

Quote of the week

Going paperless increases doctors’ workloads, and time spent on computer documentation is one of the strongest predictors of burnout

ASMS president Murray Barclay

Can I borrow the garage for a few weeks?

By TGOB

Friday 14 December 2018, 09:14 AM

Holidays are hard

By Narae Song

Friday 14 December 2018, 07:01 AM

Summer reading: book reviews

By Book reviewer

Thursday 13 December 2018, 04:00 PM

The inaugural Noctor Awards for 2018

By Barbara Docherty

Thursday 13 December 2018, 11:56 AM

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Life without clutter, birthday treats at the ready. A visit to Courtenay Pl

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ProCare medical director Allan Moffitt got in touch after this story was publish

Ruth Brown on HDC urges haste on health IT ventures to cut medication error rate

If the HDC wants to reduce medication errors, they should be banging their drums

Chris Reid on HDC urges haste on health IT ventures to cut medication error rate

1. e-Prescribing is available - but General Practice is expected to pay for it/

Bryan Moore on HDC urges haste on health IT ventures to cut medication error rate

If you say you were born in New Zealand Breast Screen South does not ask for fur

Frances Matthews on Overseas-born women put through hoops, deterred from ‘delight’ of mammography

It reads like heaps of chiefs but no Indians. Aaahhh... the future face of prima

Timothy Cunningham on Community concern in Kaeo over DHB intervention in primary care

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MARC media release: Enlafax – Monitoring to Continue

Media release from the Ministerial Expert Advisory Groups

Friday 14 December 2018, 11:03 AM

New collaborative ophthalmology project announced

Media release from the Ministry of Health

Friday 14 December 2018, 10:59 AM

Prestigious fellowship awarded to Bay of Plenty District Health Board recipient for fourth time in six years

Media release from Bay of Plenty DHB

Friday 14 December 2018, 09:09 AM

Shift of focus for Budget 2019 welcomed by Mental Health Commissioner

Media release from mental health commissioner Kevin Allan

Friday 14 December 2018, 08:22 AM

Crackdown on synthetic drug dealers

Media release from health minister David Clark and police minister Stuart Nash

Thursday 13 December 2018, 10:30 AM

Achieving Smokefree 2025: Health Committee and Māori Affairs Committee joint report

Media release from the Māori Affairs and Health Committees

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 02:30 PM

Hāpai Te Hauora praises report into family violence for acknowledging historic trauma

Media release from Hapai Te Hauora

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 12:29 PM

Electronic systems needed to prevent medication errors

Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 11:12 AM

Medicinal cannabis legislation to help ease suffering

Media release from health minister David Clark

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 04:55 PM

Fiso Group deal to rescue Pacific Health Services confirmed - new entity set up

Media release from Fiso Group

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 12:08 PM

The ripple effect: over 40 kura (schools) in West Auckland have made the splash and gone fizz free

Media release from Healthy Families Waitakere

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 11:54 AM

First nationwide study of listeria in mothers and babies

Media release from University of Otago

Tuesday 11 December 2018, 08:59 AM

NZNO says workforce issues missing in mental health and addiction report

Media release from New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Monday 10 December 2018, 03:28 PM

Pacific course looks to address alarming life expectancy statistics

Media release from assoiciate minister of health Jenny Salesa

Monday 10 December 2018, 03:22 PM

Events

Cancer Care at a Crossroads Conference: Planning for high quality, best value, integrated and equitable care in New Zealand

A joint Otago University, Cancer Society, Mo

31/01/2019 - 01/02/2019

Wellington

That's interesting

Pharma firm sold mesh implant despite pain warnings - The Guardian (UK)

In rural France, Macron seeks remedy for 'healthcare deserts' - Reuters

Timothy Giles: Thoughts from an injured brain - NZ Herald

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