Discipline

A former specialist GP has been found guilty of pro­fessional misconduct for enrolling ineligible British and Aus­tralian backpackers to her practice for the extra capitation funding. Last week, the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal heard that the doctor’s practice received over $420,000 of ineligible capitation by submitting to ProCare Health PHO the age/sex registers of 2618 patients who did not meet various eligibility criteria

 An urgent-care doctor who as­saulted his wife and drove while drunk has been found guilty of profes­sional misconduct, censured and fined

The Auckland GP has been found liable for ineligible patients’ capitation funding between 2003 and 2011 

An Auckland GP has been charged with professional misconduct for enrolling ineligible backpackers as funded patients 

An urgent care doctor who assaulted his wife, and had three previous drink-driving convictions, can keep his name secret 

The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) has today published the following decision relating to a breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code)

Deputy Commissioner, Rose Wall, has made multiple recommendations to a District Health Board (DHB) to improve its maternity services following a delayed Caesarean section

An Auckland-based doctor has been charged with professional misconduct 

Breast cancer misdiagnosed after failure to query biopsy

Breast cancer misdiagnosed after failure to query biopsy