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2 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain |Stephen Forbes |Jonathan Chilton-Towle |Martin Johnston
+Opinion Reporter’s Diary Mr Brown’s Diary: Week 14 – Surprise announcements and strikes Week 14 on the job has been busy for health minister Simeon Brown.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Barbara Fountain
+News Consultation survey threatens cultural safety practices Healthcare leaders say a Ministry of Health consultation survey could push healthcare back decades [Image: Jon Butterworth on Unsplash] Essentials
A Ministry of Health survey, “Putting Patients First: Modernising health workforce regulation” has bewildered healthcare leaders. , READ MORE Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber? Unlock this article by subscribing here.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Alan Perrott |Barbara Fountain
+Print Archive News Former health ministers talk Budgets and how to spend them Pete Hodgson was the health minister from October 2005 to November 2007 as part of the Labour-led Helen Clark Government, taking over from Annette King The health portfolio is often characterised as a poison chalice, not the least because health ministers face the wrath of Cabinet colleagues as, alongside social development, Vote Health takes the lion’s share of the annual Budget.
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2 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Barbara Fountain |Alan Perrott |Paul G Walmsley
FREE READ Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
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3 weeks ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Barbara Fountain |Stephen Forbes
+News Tributes follow death of GP and IT developer Ashwin Patel The late Ashwin Patel, a specialist GP and health IT developer, has been described at his funeral as generous with his time, and as a disruptor who has had a positive influence [Image: NZD] Ashwin Patel was an “old-fashioned” specialist GP, in the best sense of the term, and a brilliant IT “tinkerer”, and he honed those skills in a dual c Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber?
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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Martin Johnston |Alan Perrott |Barbara Fountain
Our political atmosphere is in an unpleasantly divisive stateLast month’s announcements covered a health sector delivery plan, governance, “partnerships”, telemedicine, primary care funding, workforce (overseas-trained doctors, more training placements for doctors and nurse practitioners, incentives for primary care practices to recruit nurses), and lowering the age for free bowel cancer screening.
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1 month ago | 
pharmacytoday.co.nz | Barbara Fountain
+News Next-day fix? Te Whatu Ora seeks ‘relentless’ delivery officers replacing deputy CEs Sits vac! We’re looking for someone unstoppable, relentless and able to tackle some of the biggest hurdles in the health system [Image: Joe Caione on Unsplash] Four chief delivery officers are being sought by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora – and the roles have nothing to do with courier packages.
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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain
Success is contagious: The editor’s favourite photo from the Primary Healthcare Awards 2021; Ali Ahu congratulates Donna Kielar of National Hauora Coalition on gaining the Good Sort Award [Image: NZD] Much has changed since 2021, but the need to highlight the tireless work of primary care teams is as critical as ever, writes Barbara Fountain Nearly four years ago, we gathered for a tremendous gala night to celebrate success and innovation in primary care at the 2021 New Zealand Primary Hea...
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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Stephen Forbes |Martin Johnston |Alan Perrott |Barbara Fountain
Respiratory physician Lutz Beckert considers chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, including the prevention of COPD, the importance of smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation, and the lifesaving potential of addressing treatable traits. He also discusses the logic of inhaler therapy, moving from single therapy to dual and triple therapy when indicated, as well as other aspects of management
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1 month ago | 
nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain
Where is the patient voice in the changes to smokefree legislation, in the changes to bowel cancer screening? Primary care has hit the big time. It’s in the news. Following on from prime minister Christopher Luxon’s Christmas epiphany about popular frustration over waiting times to see a GP, the six-weeks-in-the-job health minister Simeon Brown announced a vast tranche of initiatives to rev up general practice and primary care.
