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A five-practice mental healthcare pilot in Auckland is attracting lots of interest, including from the Government's mental health inquiry team  

Hickeys, zombies, fist fights and infections all managed to find a place in urgent care spe­cialist David Sorrell’s entertain­ing presentation on managing mammalian bites

The Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand is winding down most of its activities after running out of money, but chair, GP Martin London, is clinging to hope it may be resurrected

The Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand faces oblivion tomorrow after a last-ditch attempt to attract government support fails 

Lack of government action and disinvestment in sexual health services are to blame for the syphilis 'epidemic', say experts

Medical Council chair Andrew Connolly says the number of Māori doctors and medical students is increasing, but there will still be a time lag before the proportion truly reflects the general population 

 Most GPs believe the group practice model gives them their best option when they want to sell their practice or retire

The Government’s general prac­tice fees reduction policy has GPs questioning whether it will be worth continuing in practice

Nurse and academic Kim Ward is challenging GPs and other health professionals to proactively re­cruit family members of sleep apnoea patients as “partners in care”

More coffee machines and more people featured at this year’s Goodfellow Symposium. Around 1000 delegates including exhibitors attended the symposium at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland. Again, the symposium theme centred around “Skills for next Monday”