A briefing to the health minister about the urgent-care sector shows reduced hours and changes to the model of care are possible outcomes of insufficient funding, as Martin Johnston reports
A briefing to the health minister about the urgent-care sector shows reduced hours and changes to the model of care are possible outcomes of insufficient funding, as Martin Johnston reports
Health officials expect a $30 million scheme announced by health minister Shane Reti to expand access to primary care-referred radiology will actually reduce demand in some areas by weeding out inappropriate requests
Toby Beaglehole, the chief executive of the RNZCGP, acknowledges that his CV is like a poster for on-the-job training, a field that has occupied a significant part of his working life
Practices are being asked to set up special phone access for hospital doctors to contact GPs over patient test results that need attention, rather than the hated technique of having all lab results routinely “cc-ed to GP”
The sole general practice in Dargaville is only slightly affected by the controversial loss of on-site overnight doctor care at the Northland town’s public hospital
General practice is deeply disappointed to be receiving less than one-third of the funding rise it is said to need –a compulsory offer that comes with some crafty juggling of numbers and words
Practices are being asked to set up special phone access for hospital doctors to contact GPs over patient test results that need attention, rather than the hated technique of having all lab results routinely “cc-ed to GP”
Toby Beaglehole, the chief executive of the RNZCGP, acknowledges that his CV is like a poster for on-the-job training, a field that has occupied a significant part of his working life
