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New Zealand’s GPs Happy With Rollout Sequencing, Keen To See The Detail Of ‘how’
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 3:16 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is pleased to hear that today’s vaccine rollout plan will get the country’s GPs and general practice staff vaccinated soon. President Dr Samantha Murton says, "For over a year our GP members have ... More >>
Survey Results Raise Concern For The Health And Sustainability Of General Practice
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:03 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Two recent surveys from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners have signalled real concern about an increase in GP burnout, the number of GPs intending to retire, and the sustainability of the sector. The College runs its Workforce Survey ... More >>
Applications Open For 2022 General Practice And Rural Hospital Medicine Training
Monday, 22 February 2021, 1:50 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has opened applications for doctors wanting to specialise in general practice and/or rural hospital medicine, starting in February 2022. The two qualifications, which can be undertaken separately, ... More >>
General Practice Students Fly High In Recent Exams
Monday, 22 February 2021, 10:09 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The future of general practice is in good hands after two of the highest pass rates in recent years were achieved by registrars (trainee GPs) in their recent clinical and written exams. A total of 218 registrars took part in 2020’s end of year General ... More >>
GPs Reminding Aucklanders They’re ‘open For Business’ Despite Level 3 Restrictions.
Monday, 15 February 2021, 11:26 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is reminding Aucklanders that, despite Level 3 restrictions, general practices are open for business. The College’s medical director, Dr Bryan Betty said, "It’s really important ... More >>
214 Doctors Representing 28 Ethnicities Start Specialist GP Training
Monday, 1 February 2021, 1:30 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Across New Zealand this week, 214 doctors will begin their training to become specialist general practitioners. The new cohort of GP registrars are a diverse bunch of New Zealanders that represent 28 ethnicities including Māori, Pacific Islanders, Asian, ... More >>
College Of GPs Introduces New Options For Training More Rural Hospital Doctors
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 12:36 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Division of Rural Hospital Medicine, part of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, has introduced a new scheme that will help doctors train faster to become Rural Hospital Doctors if they’ve already specialised in emergency medicine, ... More >>
College Of GPs Calls For Increased Testing For COVID-19
Monday, 25 January 2021, 11:09 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has this morning asked all its GP members to increase swabbing for COVID-19 after the news yesterday of a community case in Northland. President Dr Samantha Murton and Medical Director Dr Bryan Betty ... More >>
College Of GPs Calls PHARMAC’s Diabetes Decision Today A ‘win For Equity’
Monday, 21 December 2020, 12:39 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Today’s decision by PHARMAC to fund two new medications for the management of Type 2 diabetes, and to especially make them available for Māori and Pacific patients is a win for equity says The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. ... More >>
GPs Frustrated By PHARMAC’s Lack Of Progress On Better Meds For Type 2 Diabetics
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 10:04 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
PHARMAC has put the brakes on two new medications that would greatly improve treatment options for Type 2 diabetics, frustrating The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. There are 220,000 New Zealanders living with Type 2 diabetes, and ... More >>
GP College Says Cannabis Health Issues Won’t Go Away With ‘no’ Vote
Friday, 30 October 2020, 2:56 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has today reminded people that the health issues associated with cannabis use won’t go away because today’s preliminary referendum vote was ‘no’. Leading into the referendum vote the College ... More >>
GPs Cautious About ‘yes’ Vote On End Of Life Choice Bill
Friday, 30 October 2020, 2:18 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
In 12 months’ time some of New Zealand’s GPs could be enabling their patient to end their life after today’s preliminary ‘yes’ vote in the End of Life Bill referendum. In a similar way to the abortion legislation, GPs will work within the ... More >>
College Of GPs Awards Honorary Fellowships To Teachers
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 4:08 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Ms Jill Muirhead of Wanaka and Ms Wendy Finnie of Dunedin have been awarded Honorary Fellowship of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for their work teaching ultrasound to rural hospital doctors. Both women teach postgraduate papers ... More >>
Champion Of Mental Health And Compassionate Care Receives GP Award
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 4:06 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Dr Graeme Kidd of Howick, Auckland has been awarded a Community Service Medal by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for his commitment to compassionate medicine. Dr Kidd has worked as a full-time GP for 42 years, practicing GP obstetrics ... More >>
Medal in memory of slain doctor awarded to Taumarunui GP
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 11:26 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
Dr Caitlin Whitford, a rural hospital doctor working in Turangi, has become the first recipient of the Dr Amjad Hamid Medal. She was awarded the prize because she was the top performing candidate in the University of Otago’s GENA 728 paper, which ... More >>
Top-performing GPs Celebrated In College Awards
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 10:25 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is today celebrating 12 high-achieving GPs with the announcement of its annual award recipients. This year GPs have been recognised in six categories. Dr Chris Reid (UK, formerly Northland) and Dr Graham ... More >>
Congratulations To New Zealand’s 191 New GPs
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 10:05 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
A new batch of general practitioners has just been made, with 191 GPs graduating their speciality training from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. The GPs, who all completed their specialist training over the previous 12 months ... More >>
First GP, Now MP - College Congratulations New GP Members Of Parliament
Monday, 19 October 2020, 12:25 pm | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is today congratulating Dr Neru Leavas and Dr Gaurav Sharma, two newly minted Members of Parliament who are also general practitioners and members of the College. GP and small business owner, ... More >>
New Research Proves GPs Continued To Deliver High Level Of Care During Lockdown
Friday, 9 October 2020, 8:46 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
New research published today in The New Zealand Medical Journal shows that during lockdown GPs delivered the same level of care they usually would, just in a different way. On 21 March 2020 The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners advised ... More >>
College Of GPs Welcomes Commitment To Tackle Rheumatic Fever
Monday, 5 October 2020, 10:56 am | Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is welcoming yesterday’s announcement to invest $55 million in tackling the root causes of rheumatic fever. The College are vocal critics of New Zealand’s rheumatic fever statistics and strong ... More >>
