About 20 stretched rural practices and hospitals applied for urgent workforce support within days of a new COVID-19 initiative being launched two weeks ago
General practice should be looking to return their focus from COVID-19 management to more “business as usual” after Easter, Ministry of Health care in the community lead Joe Bourne told today’s Omicron update
The influenza vaccine campaign kicks off on Friday and weary general practice teams will “do our best” to deliver it, says specialist GP and Immunisation Advisory Centre director Nikki Turner
The slowing of COVID-19 case numbers comes as a relief for a Porirua high-needs general practice after it dealt with a peak of 1500 positive patients in the past four weeks
With flu’s imminent arrival, and Omicron’s likely long tail, a new community sentinel surveillance system for all respiratory viruses is planned for this winter
Severe flooding on the East Cape has cut off water supplies and stranded staff on either side of a damaged bridge, says Ngāti Porou Hauora specialist GP Helen Gardyne
The lifting of public health measures shouldn’t result in complacency or we risk further spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths among our most vulnerable, says GP leader Tim Malloy
