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Superhero-comic fan Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann talks to reporter Alan Perrott about cheesy smiles, speaking up for the Māori Health Authority, and managing risk

If some of the slides were incomprehensible to the lay person, there was no misunderstanding the presenters’ excitement about the “blue sky” potential of genomic research

If nothing else, speakers Glen Davies and Matt Phillips had their audience at Rotorua GP CME 2023 thinking deeply about what they’d had for breakfast

Superhero-comic fan Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann talks to reporter Alan Perrott about cheesy smiles, speaking up for the Māori Health Authority, and managing risk

GPs have an important role in providing a child with the earliest possible diagnosis of cerebral palsy, says Amy Hogan, a research consultant and writer living with the condition

It’s a rare presentation when the speakers commend the audience on their bravery: “But maybe it’s like watching a horror movie,” says specialist GP Lucy Gibberd, “sometimes it’s nice to be frightened”

Reporter Alan Perrott writes proudly of his team’s winning the only honour that really counts at GP CME – the Trivialitis Trophy

It’s a rare presentation when the speakers commend the audience on their bravery: “But maybe it’s like watching a horror movie,” says specialist GP Lucy Gibberd, “sometimes it’s nice to be frightened”

New Zealand is running out of honours to bestow on paediatrician, primary care leader and now Dame, Teuila Percival

The former MidCentral DHB was responsible for “unofficial” clinical practices that contributed to the death of a woman, says health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell