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The Te Tumu Waiora integrated mental health and wellbeing service has been up and running in general practices in Taupō and Tūrangi since July 2019. The response from practices and the community has been overwhelmingly positive.
Read moreThe 2019 World Indigenous Cancer Conference – ‘Respect, reconciliation and reciprocity: connecting across knowledge systems’ – was held in Calgary, Canada last month. It was attended and presented at by Rawiri Blundell, Māori health manager.
Read moreTane Takitu Ake ki Taupō (Men standing strong in Taupō) is a kaupapa Māori six-week program with a focus on Māori men ‘s health with, or at risk of developing, multi-morbidities.
Read moreDr Jo Scott-Jones shares his thoughts on the workforce crisis, likening it to the perceived impossibility of the Chernobyl disaster.
Read moreDr Hayley Scott shares her Game of Thrones analogy for general practice in New Zealand. Where is our Jon Snow?
Read moreCongratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Royal New Zealand College of General Practice (RNZCGP) College Awards presented Saturday 27 July at the RNZCGP annual Conference.
Read moreWe're making some important changes in the way we store and use data to increase security, decrease costs and administration, plus open up new possibilities for understanding the health status and needs of the people in our region.
Read moreOtorohanga Medical has experienced a steady rise in the number of patients accessing their patient portal since beginning their push in September 2018.
Read moreHeath Te Aroha is embracing te reo in a big way. We had a chat with practice manager Dwayne Stewart about this impressive effort.
Read morePinnacle has developed a rural chest pain assessment method that allows low-risk patients in rural communities to be safely assessed and managed by their general practice, rather than travelling significant distances to hospital - often needlessly.
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