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Cooperative model for after-hours cover losing traction

Public health researcher Sue Crengle is urging GPs to become cheerleaders for cancer screen­ing, especially in light of a marked de­cline in women having cervical smears

 RNZCGP Medical Director Bryan Betty was first, then outgoing director-general of health Ashley Bloom­field, then broadcaster John Campbell

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand says it’s too soon to name all the prototype localities’ member groups because formal establishment is incomplete 

A posthumous fellowship was given at this year’s fellowship and awards ceremony to the late Bay of Plenty GP Helmut Gromer. The fellow­ship was accepted by his wife, GP Ursula Steinkohl-Gromer, who also be­came a college fellow

Medical students are being offered $200,000 for six months’ work in Australia once they graduate, says a medical student who feels tempted to take it up

The RNZCGP awards: six distinguished fellows are named, along with three honorary fellows, six Community Service medal recipients, and five President’s Service Medal recipients 

Two dancing doctors wow conference attendees with their message on making use of social media 

A survey has found a third of practices are not enrolling new patients, up from a quarter last winter

An outsider to health governance until becoming chair of interim Health New Zealand and then chair of its successor, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, Rob Campbell says he has never been mainstream