New research suggests doctors are carrying the emotional burden of health system failures, adding to workforce pressures in New Zealand and beyond.
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Sometimes you can’t wait wait until 9am or Monday morning to see a doctor or access health care. Here are your options.
NZ’s primary care model rewards volume over complexity. Properly funding high-need patients would make the system safer and more sustainable.
Australia has more nurses per person than many countries. Allowing nurses in general practice to use all their skills could help meet the growing demand for care.
Like other high-income countries, Australia and New Zealand are leaning on GPs to solve increasingly complex health needs – without the necessary investment.
The latest figures suggest it’s easier now to find a bulk-billing GP. But poorer patients can still miss out, for one important reason.
Across GP surgeries and hospitals, as migration increases and health systems strain, doctors are turning to an untested helper: Google Translate.
The shift to online GP consultations risks leaving behind those with the greatest health needs.
Here’s what’s really going on while you’re in the waiting room.
Even after poverty is taken into account, Māori and Pacific people have a shorter life expectancy and higher cancer rates compared with people from other ethnic groups.
The pharmacist will see you now. Will a proposal for pharmacists to work out of GP clinics really work? Here’s what we know so far.
Patients are being clear about what they want but nobody’s listening.
Up-skilling GPs to treat ADHD will benefit many patients, some people with more complex cases will still need to see a specialist.
Patients have been slow to sign up for MyMedicare. But what is MyMedicare? And how could we learn from other countries to help patients enrol?
The evidence suggests there’s benefit to getting those on higher incomes to contribute a small amount to the cost of seeing a GP.
Fewer than half of Australians are always bulk billed when they see a GP. Labor’s Medicare plan, which the Coalition has promised to match, could turn this around.
Recent government funding for women’s health included millions to expand trials of pharmacists prescribing the oral contraceptive pill. What do the experts think?
Some communities have too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need, when they need it. Whoever wins the federal election should commit to fixing this.
Some private health insurers are offering their members easier access to GP telehealth services, sometimes for free.
AI tools could help clinicians create our health records. But there’s lots than can go wrong.
Top contributors
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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David King is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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Research Fellow, Family Medicine Research Centre, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow (Hon), University of Sydney. Editor, Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ), University of Sydney
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney