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College Of GPs Focus On Annual Conference
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 3:13 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Focus of College attention this week is at the annual conference in Rotorua at the new Energy Events Centre, 11-14 July. There are some interesting, somewhat introspective keynote speeches being delivered. More >>
Action to alleviate GP shortage
Friday, 15 June 2007, 1:59 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs has hailed Government moves to double GP training numbers as a “serious start” to dealing to the GP shortage. Health Minister Pete Hodgson announced in Rotorua today he is to boost training numbers to more than 100 on the College’s ... More >>
Working Towards New Medical Training Board
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 9:43 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs welcomes the positive recommendations in the Workforce Taskforce report and looks forward to working with the Ministers as they establish the new Medical Training Board. More >>
College welcomes concept of training in community
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 4:57 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs welcomes the positive recommendations in the Workforce Taskforce report and looks forward to working with the Ministers as they establish the new Medical Training Board. More >>
RNZCGP ePulse Vol 9 # 12 - Wednesday 11 April 2007
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 9:17 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
• News • New legislation requires input from employers • Consultation • Consultation on allowing the MCNZ to elect members to the authority • MCNZ consultation on managing doctors who exhibit disruptive behaviour • Medico-legal • Importance of peer ... More >>
College of GPs reaction to Auckland labs decision
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 4:01 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Supporting the decision of the judiciary, College of GPs president Dr Jonathan Fox said the College's "fundamental objection to the DHBs' original decision was the lack of consultation with the GPs and the community," More >>
Pioneering spirit wins through
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:28 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
GPs know how hard it is to give New Zealand one of the world’s leading primary care systems – because it is their work that has achieved that. More >>
Early start to eventual solution
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 1:01 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College is delighted Minister of Health Pete Hodgson is following his own call for action, and taking a first positive move to help ease the GP shortage by announcing 15 additional GP registrar training places for 2007-8. More >>
College of GPs on Extra Funding
Monday, 28 August 2006, 3:18 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Media release from the College of GPs in response to the announcement today by the MInister of Health, Pete Hodgson, of a further $43 Million investment to increase access to primary care. More >>
Food, healthcare basic in civilised countries
Monday, 28 August 2006, 11:22 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
“There should never need to be a trade off between food and healthcare,” says Dr Jonathan Fox, President of the College of GPs. “Both are basic rights in any civilised country”. Dr Fox was commenting on the Minister of Health’s announcement ... More >>
Seven Kiwi GPs honoured by College
Monday, 14 August 2006, 12:42 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs has honoured seven GPs with Distinguished Fellowship, and made the president of the Royal Australian College of GPs, Professor Michael Kidd, an Honorary Fellow of RNZCGP. More >>
Patients may suffer, College of GPs warns
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 5:26 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs today criticised the three Auckland DHBs who have made major changes to the region’s laboratory service specifications without giving proper consideration to the impact the change would have on primary care. More >>
What is Government trying to do?
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 10:06 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs has questioned the motives of the Ministry of Health and DHBs in adopting a stance that threatens to undermine the primary health care strategy. More >>
Good news but…. says College of GPs
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 8:25 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Media release from the College of GPs in reaction to the release today of the Budget for 2006. More >>
Punishing changes will add to exodus
Monday, 15 May 2006, 12:50 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Current recruitment and retention difficulties in general practice can only be worsened by punitive Ministry of Health proposals surrounding the July 1 rollout of the 45-64 year old patient subsidies, the College of GPs believes. More >>
Stopping the spiral into GP burnout (Full Report)
Monday, 20 March 2006, 10:14 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Faced with the stresses and strains of life today, general practitioners are increasingly looking for the work/life balance they advocate for their patients. More >>
Stopping the spiral into GP burnout
Monday, 20 March 2006, 10:05 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Faced with the stresses and strains of life today, general practitioners are increasingly looking for the work/life balance they advocate for their patients. More >>
New Zealand loses a fine GP
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 2:30 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Members of the College of GPs are today mourning the loss of one of their most illustrious and respected colleagues, former Tapanui general practitioner Peter Snow. More >>
'Doc Martin' sets poor example
Monday, 20 February 2006, 4:19 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The abrasive, even abusive GP portrayed by actor Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (TV1 Sundays) wouldn’t make it as a GP in New Zealand, despite his screen persona as a very good clinician. More >>
Numbers crisis ahead for general practice
Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 9:28 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The combination of an ageing GP workforce and the failure of successive Governments to train enough new GPs paints an alarming future for primary health care in New Zealand. More >>
