Jim Vause

"Have they taken Ventolin off the market? I ran out of it the other day…well, actually, my puffer had gone out of date, so I rang my GP and he said I had to change. Gave me that red bomb thingy."

Anecdotes about dropping off the grid won’t cut it in terms of saving ourselves from world destruction – you need to harness your powers of persuasion, writes retired GP Jim Vause 

When hard thinking is nowhere to be found, frankly nutty opinions abound, writes Jim Vause 

Jim Vause finds life has changed post-lockdown, and he’s discovered he has had enough of complexity

New guidelines on asthma should not be treated as the standard of care, writes newly retired GP Jim Vause

Retired Mapua GP Jim Vause takes a hard look at the practicalities of keeping the borders closed until COVID-19 is finally vanquished

Whether it is better to slide out slowly or exit with a hiss and a roar has never been an issue and now that the wily little coronavirus has upset my apple cart, it’s exit, stage right