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Auckland GP Marcia Walker has sent her family away so she can continue to work

Relationships and morale make the difference in Canterbury, says creative GP 

A University of Auckland medical student says while he lost clinical contact time, he gained lots of practical experience in his time at a general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic 

The hardest thing about COVID-19 is maintaining clear and consistent public health messages that don’t downplay the severity but also aren’t all doom and gloom, says academic Rachelle Martin

Waimate GP Sarah Creegan’s practice is gearing up for cases of COVID-19, with a newly installed Portacom, scrubs made out of bedsheets, and working with the town’s other general practice over mobile testing for potential cases

Reporter Zahra Shahtahmasebi is working from home in Christchurch for the period of the lockdown but is starting to miss all of the quirks of being in the office 

Health minister David Clark hints at redeploying GPs in acute response effort

As New Zealanders hunker down in preparation for a nationwide lockdown, Auckland GP Marcia Walker has sent her family away so she can continue to work

Community midwives will continue their work in the community, despite the risks of COVID-19 and a lack of access to personal protective gear 

More than 200 doctors and medical students have pledged their support to a new initiative to help New Zealand cope with the COVID-19 pandemic