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Whanganui GP Bill Douglas has made requests through the Official Information Act dozens of times and says it’s effective and “relatively easy” to use, as long as people follow simple rules

As the spotlight on alcohol use shifts from young drinkers to the middle-aged, GPs need to employ simple questions to screen patients, says GP John McMenamin

 The powerful opioid fentanyl may be reclassified amid fears of a looming repetition of over­seas trends of abuse and bootleg manufacture

Twenty-eight years of army life have taught the UK’s military intelligence supremo that most leaders are moulded and not born

Whanganui GP Bill Douglas has made requests through the Official Information Act dozens of times and says it’s effective and “relatively easy” to use, as long as people follow simple rules

Auckland’s new Medinz prima­ry care dashboard messaging system still needs fine-tuning, and some doctors still need con­vincing it’s for real, Auckland GP John Cameron says

Auckland-based tech start-up Centrality is developing soft­ware which could shift medical record-keeping from centralised databases to private individuals, handing people ultimate control over their own health records

A new six-bed secure mental health facility has been hailed by the Government but called a back-to-front approach by health sector critics

Two-thirds of Kiwi drivers are none the wiser that they’re driving vehicles under the influence of possibly impairing medications 

As medical professionals assessed and debated how to overcome New Zealand’s healthcare inequity, returning American academic Camara Jones paused to reflect