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Conference for General Practice – Call for Abstracts

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:55:58 +0000

Call for abstracts for our 2012 Conference for General Practice is now open! The theme of the conference is Through Patients’ Eyes. Abstracts close 31 May 2012. Please click here for more information.

2012/13 Annual Statement of Reasonable Fee Increases

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:09:39 +0000

DHB Shared Services has released its Annual statement of reasonable GP fee increases for 2012/13.

2012 Conference for General Practice

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:09:11 +0000

Our 2012 conference will be held in Auckland between 21 and 23 September to coincide with IHI’s Asia Pacific Forum. Please see our Events Calendar for further information.

HQSC Improvement Workshop, Wellington

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:57:31 +0000

The Health Quality & Safety Commission is holding an Improvement Workshop with Helen Bevan and Jim Easton from the UK on 17-18 May in Wellington.

The worshop will focus on:

Cost and quality – the international imperative to control costs whilst improving quality
Transforming the system to improve quality and reduce costs.

Jim Easton is the National Health Service National Director for Improvement and Efficiency, Department of Health in the UK. Helen Bevan is the Chief of Service Transformation at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.

Click here for more information.

Ministry of Health’s NZ Primary Care Handbook

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:20:25 +0000

The New Zealand Primary Care Handbook 2012 is the updated edition of the original New Zealand Cardiovascular Guidelines Handbook (last revised in 2009). The latest edition includes new content on the management of type 2 diabetes, weight management, stroke and transient ischaemic attack, heart failure and rheumatic fever.

GPNZ Position Statement on Free After Hours for Under 6s

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:27:29 +0000

Click here to read General Practice New Zealand’s position statement on the implementation of free after hours for under 6s.

NZ Networks Get International Profile

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:17:30 +0000

This just released paper in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (JABFM) focuses significantly on network development in NZ.

It’s not what you do, it’s the way you do it

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:24:38 +0000

For an interesting commentary from Dr Judith Smith (Head of Policy at the Nuffield Trust in London) reflecting on her recent trip to New Zealand click here.

Health Research Grant

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:28:39 +0000

The Ministry of Health and the Health Research Council are seeking to purchase research projects that transfer knowledge from initiatives with proven effectiveness, into practice in the health sector. $450,000 of one-off funding is avaialble. Registrations of interest close on 1 March, with full proposals due on 29 March 2012. More information is available here.

General Practice Purchases

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:48:33 +0000

NZ Doctor has published an interactive map on its website showing recent purchases of general practices across the country.