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BOP Awards night – Aidan Williams

Mutual appreciation between primary and secondary care in the Bay of Plenty

Positivity and acknowledgement were shared across the health sector at the Bay of Plenty DHB’s Clinician Appreciation Awards last week, but with a twist 

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Southern DHB commissioners hand over reins… and deficit

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When ED is not the right place, Kapiti award-winning service keeps care local

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Over budget and overdue, Greymouth hospital scheduled to open early next year

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Training for lay people to identify mental health issues early

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Tech taking GP consults a step further gets demo in front of thousands

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Former RNZ health correspondent Karen Brown awarded association’s top accolade

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Fabulous five practice owners make the move into new Greymouth centre

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A theory of relativity: Kiwi stroke app fills risk-assessment gap

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The lure of the alpacas: Serenity and CME points

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MAPPING the MOVEMENT: General practice ownership trends

From the Far North to Invercargill, many more “dots” are peppering the New Zealand Doctor practice-ownership map

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Unashamedly political: How GPs can lobby with the best

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Measles mayhem: Stories from the front line

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Accurate, alarming, jarring: Simpson report zeroes in on pain points

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The reluctant leader: He kaihautū, he whakatōngā

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Aliens ate my mojo: First-year horrors

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Hot chocolates to heli-transfers

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The greening of health: The bold, the brave and the slow

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ACC’s calling: It wants to be friends, again

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Of flashing lights, fighting the good fight, trusting the team and the data

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There’s always a bigger fish. The competition for practices

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A dog’s life: How animal therapy is catching on

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As a profession, we struggle with revealing to patients our attitudes and beliefs, despite the very sensible need to know from a patient’s perspective, on issues like abortion and homosexuality

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All hail apostrophes - the heavy lifters who ‘point a sentence in the right direction’

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