General Practice

New Zealanders made up about a third of participants when idarucizumab was trialled internationally for reversing anti-coagulation

Budget 2022: How the $12.75 million budgeted next year for “equity adjustment” in primary care funding will be allocated is still unclear, says General Practice New Zealand chief executive Maura Thompson. 

"Backbone” services for the health reforms’ pilot localities are being formed and, in Horowhenua, will be provided by the local iwi and PHO

The failure of the Budget to invest in sustainable general practice is an insult and puts the public at risk, says General Practice Owners Association chair Tim Malloy

General practice and GPs are virtually invisible in Budget 2022, as is increasingly the case in government discourse about healthcare, says RNZCGP president Sam Murton 

Dr Dave, a GP from somewhere in New Zealand, resumes his weekly jottings about the state of the world and general practice

Prime territory for primary care to reduce its climate impact is to be found in the area of pharmaceuticals, says Christchurch specialist GP Dermot Coffey

It’s the Government’s Budget month, and the latest quarterly inflation figure is the highest it has been in more than three decades

Dougal Thorburn recalls as a child camping for weeks with his family in remote areas of Arthur’s Pass

Dougal Thorburn recalls as a child camping for weeks with his family in remote areas of Arthur’s Pass