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We catch up with Wellington GP Kirsten Crooke a year after she appeared on the cover of New Zealand Doctor for Rotorua GP CME 2018 

Point-of-care testing in rural areas is reducing unnecessary GP-referred hospital admissions, Wellsford GP Neil Anderson says

Stigma and inadequate laws mean many patients are not telling their GP they’ve stopped taking prescribed drugs and are using cannabis instead, says Dunedin medical anthropologist Geoff Noller.

The lead researcher on a kaupapa Māori based type 2 diabetes management trial hopes its future will be ensured by publication of the study in a major medical journal

Which vaccinations nursing students must get is a decision for the individual nursing course providers, but placement workplaces are influential 

Matamata Medical Centre had a chance to tell the prime minister what’s ailing primary care

It’s the right time to step down as Pinnacle Midlands Health Network’s chief executive, David Oldershaw says 

Hauraki PHO chair Harry Mikaere is planning to meet with representatives of the 19 practices threatening to leave the PHO 

Medicines New Zealand has been called out over a long-running campaign to push Pharmac into paying for more expensive cancer drugs by getting stories about patients with terminal illnesses into the media

A world-first DNA-testing ser­vice is giving New Zealand patients a road map for avoiding adverse reactions to medica­tions