GP leaders hope a new caucus representing the business side of general practice will make its mark on contract negotiations and boost practices’ financial sustainability.
Tweaking registration requirements for overseas GPs is being considered by the Medical Council after general practice leaders voiced concerns with the current system.
An ongoing lockdown could put at risk the viability of some urgent care centres and practices without alternative swabbing and vaccinating income, fears GenPro chair Tim Malloy
Holidays plans were quickly scuppered for Christchurch GP Pippa Mackay who found herself back in scrubs last Wednesday morning rather than packing her ski gear
An “amazing” practice team stepped up to swab over the weekend after positive wastewater results sent the Warkworth community into a spin, says Coast to Coast Health Care owner Tim Malloy
“Vax to the max” has been Ngāti Porou Hauora’s approach and it has led to about 62 per cent of eligible whānau north of Gisborne being vaccinated pre-lockdown, says PHO trust chair Teepa Wawatai
The lockdown dropping of fit-test requirements for N95 and P2 masks has relieved GP leaders frustrated by delays in fitting practice staff with the high-grade masks
