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Royal NZ College of General Practitioners - Latest News [Page 15]
College of GPs supports ‘beginning’ to change
Thursday, 14 August 2003, 12:13 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The College of GPs welcomes, as a “beginning point for change”, the re-drafting of New Zealand First MP Brian Donnelly’s Bill aimed at reducing violence towards children. More >>
New president of the College of GPs
Monday, 21 July 2003, 9:49 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Blenheim GP Dr Jim Vause sees his greatest challenge as continuing to improve the quality of general practice in the middle of continual change. More >>
Funding boost for GP training
Monday, 7 July 2003, 9:19 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
An extra million dollars of Government funding for GP training will lift general practice recruitment, believes College of GPs president Dr Helen Rodenburg. More >>
Focus on patient safety, not scapegoats
Thursday, 3 July 2003, 2:15 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
New Zealand’s GPs are ready to back the National Cervical Screening Programme as recommended by eminent pathologist Dr Euphemia McGoogan, but it needs to be properly funded and focused, believes College of GPs president Dr Helen Rodenburg. More >>
To Screen or not to Screen often patient choice
Friday, 20 June 2003, 6:07 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Many patients choose to be screened for prostate cancer despite the lack of good evidence on the effectiveness of screening, according to Blenheim GP Dr Jim Vause, incoming president of the College of GPs. More >>
Primary Care in New Zealand - Executive Summary
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 6:07 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The role of District Health Boards in implementing the Primary Health Care Strategy requires much greater scrutiny and management, according to the CEO of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, Claire Austin. More >>
Primary Care in NZ – Viable but Vulnerable?
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 6:05 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners' mission statement is "To improve the health of all New Zealanders through high quality general practice care." More >>
Importance of GP continuity of care
Friday, 4 April 2003, 10:17 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The significant finding of the MaGPie Study into Mental Health supported GP continuity of care with patients, with GPs even more likely to identify mental health problems in patients they see more often. More >>
Overseas doctors outnumber Kiwis
Thursday, 13 March 2003, 6:12 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Overseas-trained doctors were 62 percent of those who sat the Primex for general practice in 2002, slightly up on the previous year. More >>
College backs professorial call for ad ban
Monday, 17 February 2003, 9:18 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is backing the call for a ban on direct to consumer advertising of prescription medicines – and supports the call for an independent health information service. More >>
College sets up Maori faculty
Monday, 30 September 2002, 8:01 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is the first medical professional body in the country to formally incorporate a Maori voice. More >>
Pollock Scheme Reflects Huge Stresses Facing GPs
Tuesday, 20 August 2002, 4:29 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The innovative initiative of North Shore GP John Pollock in setting up a virtual private health insurance scheme for his patients highlights the problems facing GPs across the whole sector. More >>
GPs Continue To Walk Away From Childbirth Care
Friday, 21 June 2002, 3:48 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
New Zealand general practitioners with specialised training in obstetrics are continuing to walk away from childbirth care as midwives dominate as lead maternity carers. More >>
Action needed now to halt rural health decline
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:25 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
New Zealand must act fast to prevent the rural health workforce from being decimated by aggressive overseas recruitment drives, the NZ Rural General Practice Network says. More >>
A Step In The Right Direction – GPs
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 10:07 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal NZ College of General Practitioners welcomed the Government’s announcement of increased funding for primary health care today. “It’s a step in the right direction” said the College President Dr Helen Rodenburg. More >>
Less Time On Paperwork Means Healthier Patients
Friday, 15 February 2002, 3:14 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Spending less time meeting the demands of bureaucrats and more time seeing patients would result not only in increased health but happier doctors, says the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners. More >>
Study Shows GPs Give Exceptional Value
Friday, 15 February 2002, 3:12 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Deloittes study into the economics of running a general practice show that the majority of people are getting exceptional value from their doctor, according to the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners. More >>
GPs propose "HPI" to index health funding
Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 1:01 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Funding of health services - and particularly primary care - ought to be indexed to a new “Health Price Index” similar to the CPI (Consumer Price Index), the organisation representing 95 percent of the country's GPs said today. More >>
Funding package - no certainty for primary care
Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 12:59 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
While welcoming news of increased funding for health, announced today by Health Minister Annette King, the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners is concerned that primary care is “still in the dark” about the level of support it can expect from government. More >>
New Plan For PHOs Gives Clear Direction
Thursday, 15 November 2001, 9:20 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal NZ College of General Practitioners has welcomed the new “Minimum Requirements for Primary Health Organisations” document released by the Minister of Health today. More >>
