New Zealand Doctor podcasts

Episode 36: System Fix: Episode 32 - Two Marks for a new PHO

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:38:34 +0000

System Fix host Barbara Fountain talks about a PHO in the making with two Marks – Mark Liddle, chief executive of the General Practice Owners Association, and Mark Peterson, specialist GP from Taradale and a member of the interim board of 'thePHO'; he's also the GenPro-driven PHO's establishment medical director and clinical governance lead. With a potential 800,000-plus enrolled patients, thePHO will shake up the PHO sector should it get the expected go-ahead at the end of March. It all started at a GenPro board meeting back in July 2025...

Episode 35: System Fix: Episode 31 - A year of pride and prejudice: 2025 in review

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:24:02 +0000

System Fix host Barbara Fountain returns to the microphone after a lengthy hiatus and warms up with a reading of her review of critical happenings for primary care in the New Zealand health system in 2025. This podcast is based on the article "2025 in health: A year of pride and prejudice" appearing in the February issue of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa and online at nzdoctor.co.nz. Strap in!

Episode 34: System Fix: Episode 30 - But wait, there's more

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:06:28 +0000

System Fix host Barbara Fountain joins New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa colleague senior journalist Martin Johnston for what started out as a rundown of events in health reform since health minister Simeon Brown took the reins in January, but which turned into a challenge to stay ahead of new announcements. After months of limited action in the sector, the start of 2025 has turned into a series of sprints. The initial recording was in June; two updates have been added.

Episode 33: System Fix: Episode 29 - New year, new minister

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:08:33 +0000

Welcome to 2025. System Fix host Barbara Fountain joins regular panellists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel as the health sector year starts with the surprise, or maybe not surprise, arrival of a new health minister - Simeon Brown. The team talk about what the change means for the reforms of the New Zealand health sector currently awash with job and spending cuts. We also canvas the future of funding and how a new minister might work to meet everything expected of him by the boss, prime minister Christopher Luxon

Episode 32: System Fix: Episode 28 - PSAAP and the making of a PHO contract

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:42:02 +0000

System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to colleague and journalist Fiona Cassie about her feature story "Boiled frogs, tight nooses: The making of a PHO contract" to learn more about the mysterious general practice contract "negotiation" process run under the PHO Services Amendment Agreement Protocol, or PSAAP to its friends

Episode 31: System Fix: Episode 27 - Like a reheated burger

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 07:23:25 +0000

After a sojourn, the System Fix panel is back with an update of the last five months in health reform - that is the time BEFORE health minister Shane Reti turned Te Whatu Ora and the reforms on their head by ditching the board and installing a commissioner. The Government Policy Statement on Health, a reality check on health targets, the puzzling road ahead for iwi Māori partnership boards and the move towards social investment are just some of the topics we touch on in Episode 27. Join host Barbara Fountain and regular panellists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel for this latest health reform fix

Episode 30: Waiting for COVID by Lucy O’Hagan

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 02 May 2024 02:54:07 +0000

How well do you remember those early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when New Zealand watched in apprehension as overseas the virus spread uncontrolled in Italy, health workers died on the job, and morgues ran out of room for the bodies of the dead. Specialist GP and writer Lucy O’Hagan remembers. In Waiting for COVID, Dr O’Hagan takes a personal journey back through her writings and observations of “COVID times”, reflecting on what the virus and the country’s reaction meant for primary care and beyond. Lest we forget, Dr O’Hagan reminds us there was a time when the team of 5 million saved the lives of thousands.

Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Hand-arm vibration

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:42:23 +0000

Hand–arm vibration syndrome develops in stages and prevention is critical; when function deteriorates, it is necessary to consider it lost, unless a lot of hard work is put into rehabilitation, professor in occupational and environmental medicine David McBride explains. He reminds listeners of the usual occupational health algorithm: identify the hazard, assess the exposure, control the hazard, monitor the hazard and the individual, and give information and training

Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Full-body vibration

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:38:05 +0000

Exposure to high levels of whole-body vibration, such as that caused by driving forklifts and other forms of material handling equipment, can and does cause intervertebral disc degeneration. Professor in occupational and environmental medicine David McBride explains

Episode 29: System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:14:56 +0000

It's a cracker episode with panellists and health policy experts Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel joining me, Barbara Fountain, to catch up on the latest in health reforms. The panel convened in the middle of a week that started with the Parliamentary debate on the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora. You’ll hear about: The impact of the closure of Te Aka Whai Ora on Māori patients and providers and the wider reforms; The resulting brake on the rollout of localities, the increased role for iwi Māori partnership boards and where all this leaves the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee; Tim rails against the use of urgency in Parliament (elective dictatorship) and the misnomer that is the health postcode lottery; The new health status report gets a plug, even if just as a useful resource tool; Gabrielle updates us on progress on the second stage of the Wai2575 claim concerning tāngata whaikaha Māori, Māori with lived experience of disability. All this and more

Episode 28: System Fix: Episode 25 - From Little to Reti in 2023

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:24:12 +0000

The year 2023 is quickly becoming a distant memory as the great Kiwi summer does an excellent job of wiping the neural slate clean. System Fix host Barbara Fountain takes the opportunity of an unexpected convalescence, to refresh her memory by looking back at her editorials in 2023. The heart of New Zealand Doctor Rata Aoteraroa is in primary care and you will hear that theme loud and strong in this episode of System Fix. It's not a comprehensive look at the year - more of a fly by. So settle in and drift back to early 2023 when Jacinda Ardern was prime minister, Andrew Little was health minister and Rob Campbell was chair of Te Whatu Ora

Episode 27: Educate Long Read: The Arms Act - an explainer for healthcare professionals

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 02:19:50 +0000

Recent changes to the Arms Act 1983 and the launch of Te Tari Pūreke are intended to support the safe and responsible use of firearms in Aotearoa, making our communities safer. This article by Kendra Hill and Cathy Stephenson answers some common questions about the implications of these changes for health practitioners

Episode 26: Long Read: Episode 2 - The Bourne Identity: GP to CMO (Joe Bourne)

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:00:00 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Fiona Cassie talks to Joe Bourne, the first GP to hold the role of chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health

Episode 25: Long Read: Episode 1 - Winners are grinners: Lloyd McCann

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 04:28:30 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa journalist Alan Perrott's profiles Tāmaki Health chief executive Lloyd McCann in the first of our Long Read series

Episode 24: System Fix: Episode 24 - Chatting with Abbe Anderson

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:19:48 +0000

Abbe Anderson is Te Whatu Ora national director commissioning. The buck stops with her for any items relating to funding and planning in primary care and community health. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain recently caught up with Abbe via Zoom. They chatted about her passion to see a reform built on knowing what people want of their health system, progress with sector restructuring, why that capitation offer won't go past 5 per cent, the growth of localities, and the weight of expectation, aka, what keeps Abbe awake at night. Thanks for listening.

Episode 23: System Fix: Episode 23 - It looked okay on a whiteboard - hearing from Rob Campbell

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 03:20:02 +0000

Five weeks after he was sacked as chair of the board of Te Whatu Ora, Rob Campbell reflected on what was going so wrong with the health reforms and what might be done to make it right. He was speaking to a meeting of the Fabian Society in Wellington. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain says that speech and Mr Campbell’s subsequent comments deserve more air time and replays it as part of this podcast episode. Mr Campbell provides the ultimate insider’s view of the reform process – with fresh eyes on health he was leading the new structure at the heart of the reform, that is, until he was dismissed by health minister Ayesha Verrall for breaching public service etiquette and commenting on political matters outside his brief

Episode 22: System Fix: Episode 22 - New Year, new minister, and more

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:17:27 +0000

System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelists independent health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kuri) and Auckland University health policy professor Tim Tenbensel for the first episode of 2023. You name it, we cover it - a new health minister, the end of the transition unit, progress with planned care, commissioning, iwi Māori partnership boards, localities, PHOs, capitation, pay parity, primary care funding, disability developments, performance targets, workforce and transparency.

Episode 21: System Fix: Episode 21 - Talking about Iwi Māori Partnership Boards

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:43:36 +0000

Iwi Māori partnership boards are a crucial element of the new health sector landscape. The boards are the Treaty partners in a system which has as a key priority achieving equity in health outcomes for Māori. System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelist Gabrielle Baker and guest Simon Royal to take a look at the challenges facing these new boards

Episode 20: System Fix: Episode 20 - Rob Campbell and 1 July

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:21:27 +0000

System Fix host and New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain provides a quick rundown of events around the 1 July launch of New Zealand's new central health entities - Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority, and then makes way for senior journalist Martin Johnston's interview with Te Whatu Ora board chair Rob Campbell, who admits he was quite shocked when he realised quite how dysfunctional the health system was

Episode 19: System Fix: Episode 19 - Almost there

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:10:01 +0000

As the 1 July deadline looms, System Fix host Barbara Fountain is joined by regular panelists independent health policy consultant Gabrielle Baker and Auckland University health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel, for a whistlestop tour of the latest developments in the roll out of the health reforms

Episode 18: System Fix: Episode 18 - All about localities

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 03:02:18 +0000

System Fix host Barbara Fountain is joined by New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa senior journalist Martin Johnston in conversation with Martin Hefford of the interim Health New Zealand, on the afternoon of 21 April, the day health minister Andrew Little announced the first nine prototype localities

Episode 17: System Fix: Episode 17 - Summer progress report

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 01:13:00 +0000

It's been a while between podcasts, what with the summer break and now COVID making its mark in New Zealand. System Fix host Barbara Fountain joins regular panelists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel to catch up with progress on the roll out of the health sector reforms, or as we like to call it, the Big Little Revolution

Episode 16: System Fix: Episode 16 - And that was 2021

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:54:00 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain and senior journalist Martin Johnston recap progress with the country's health reforms in 2021

Episode 15: System Fix: Episode 15 - The minister tabled a bill

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:37:59 +0000

The health reforms legislation - Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill - was tabled by health minister Andrew Little on 20 October and soon after passed its first reading. Regular System Fix panellists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel join host Barbara Fountain with a mission in mind - their own reading of the bill, so you don't have to (though we know you probably will - it's the bane of being a health reform junkie)

Episode 14: System Fix: Episode 14 - On holding true, the guys from TU

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 01:18:27 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to Stephen McKernan, director of the Health and Disability Review Transition Unit, and his deputy, Martin Hefford, about function trumping form, a crucial health plan, central agencies vs local services, communities and localities, private providers, workforce, leadership and, ultimately, selling the plan for health sector reform and convincing people to stay the course

Episode 13: System Fix: Episode 13 - It doesn't happen by magic

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 03:23:01 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks to David Meates, former chief executive of Canterbury DHB and now roving health reform consultant, about how change happens in health systems…and more

Episode 1: Talking with Andrew Little - 6 August 2021

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:52:28 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa reporter Martin Johnston interview health minister Andrew Little.

Episode 12: System Fix: Episode 12 - Where are we?

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:54:00 +0000

It’s just over 400 days since the report of the Health and Disability System Review Panel, aka the Simpson Report, was released. New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain and regular System Fix panelists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel catch up on the latest developments in the roll out of reforms to the New Zealand health system

Episode 11: System Fix: Episode 11 - Talking with Kim Gosman

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:34:30 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain talks with rural health champion Kim Gosman about health reform and what it might mean for rural and Māori health

Episode 10: System Fix: Episode 10 - Rural sojourn

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 03:05:12 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain caught up with folk in the rural health sector at the National Rural Health Conference to find out what they're thinking about the health reforms, in particular rural localities. Health and Disability System Transition Unit deputy director Martin Hefford provides some insights on the proposed changes

Episode 9: System Fix: Episode 9 - The Budget, go figure

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 03:55:02 +0000

Regular panelists, independent health researcher Gabrielle Baker and University of Auckland health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel, join New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain to take on the challenge of interpreting what this year’s Budget might mean for health and more specifically the health reforms, and catch up on progress with the reforms rollout

Episode 8: System Fix: Episode 8 - The big reveal

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:03:41 +0000

Health minister Andrew Little revealed his plans for the health system on 21 April with a restructuring which went well beyond that recommended in the Health and Disability System Review. Barbara Fountain and regular panelists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel digest the news

Episode 7: System Fix: Episode 7 - Pondering DHBs and Health NZ

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 03:44:54 +0000

Her Easter plans having changed unexpectedly and with an announcement on the new health sector structures expected before the end of the month, New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain, spent a rainy day at home hunting out the audio from last year's Popcorn Panel discussing super-sized DHBs and the proposed Health NZ. Joining her from the archival audio footage are health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel, health sector commentator Ian Powell and ProCare medical director and former DHB man Allan Moffitt. It's not your usual panel discussion.

Episode 6: System Fix: Episode 6 - On professional capture of change...and more

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 01:43:46 +0000

Barbara Fountain recaps the latest on the reforms taking place to the health system, and chats to Christchurch GP Vanessa Weenink and Auckland medical oncologist George Laking (Te Whakatōhea) – both with leadership roles in the sector – about the tricky issue of professional capture of systems and change; how veteran medical professionals could benefit from the education their younger colleagues are receiving, and the power shifts needed to help make reforms work

Episode 5: System Fix: Episode 5 - What's happening out there?

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:14:15 +0000

Episode 5: The System Fix panel – Barbara Fountain, Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel - continues sifting through the little official news currently available on the transformation of the New Zealand health system and find there’s more happening out there than first apprearances might suggest

Episode 4: System Fix: Episode four - Time tables, game changers, power plays

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:35:38 +0000

Ep 4: Time tables, game changers, the perennial issue of power plays within government systems, and more on what a Māori health agency might look like, are all up for discussion by Barbara Fountain and regular panellists Gabrielle Baker and Tim Tenbensel

Episode 3: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 3 - Interview with health minister Andrew Little

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:42:54 +0000

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa senior journalist Martin Johnston talks to health minister Andrew Little about progress with implementing the health sector changes as proposed by the Simpson Report

Episode 2: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 2 - What next for disability services?

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:11:22 +0000

Disability services advocate Ruth Jones (Ngāti Porou) of Hei Whakapiki Mauri and Kanohi ki te Kanohi Consultancy and Jane Cartwright, chair of intellectual disabilities services provider Brackenridge Services, talk with New Zealand Doctor|Rata Aotearoa editor Barbara Fountain about why the Simpson report falls short for people with disabilities (With apologies for some technical glitches)

Episode 1: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 1 - Getting started

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:13:20 +0000

The Health Media’s Barbara Fountain, health sector consultant Gabrielle Baker (Ngāpuhi) and health policy researcher Tim Tenbensel start out on a journey, to follow the implementation of changes to the New Zealand health and disability system. We start with introductions, some initial thoughts on legislated charters, meaningful acknowlegement of te Tiriti o Waitangi and transition – fast and slow

PRIMARY VOICES: With Orna McGinn

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 21:54:53 +0000

South Auckland GP Orna McGinn talks about the poor access to contraception in New Zealand and what needs to change

PRIMARY THINKING: With Vanessa Weenink

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:01:19 +0000

Christchurch GP and former army doctor Vanessa Weenink talks about the real meaning of command and control, and why bureaucrats just don’t get it when it comes to dealing with primary care

David Clark talks primary care

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 21:22:04 +0000

Shortly before this year's general election, Fiona Thomas spoke to Labour's David Clark about what he would do, should he become health minister.

David Haslam the second

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 04:22:32 +0000

There were two David Haslams at this year's RNZCGP conference in Dunedin. Fiona Thomas spoke to each of them. Here, she speaks to Professor David Haslam, chair of the UK's National Obesity Forum

David Haslam the first

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:33:54 +0000

There were two David Haslams at this year's RNZCGP conference in Dunedin. Fiona Thomas spoke to each of them. Here, she speaks to Professor David Haslam, chair of UK guidelines group NICE

The $18 GP fee

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:32:00 +0000

Health minister Jonathan Coleman's media conference at Onslow Medical Centre in Wellington, launching the National Party policy of $18 GP fees

Dave Gerrard

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:35:16 +0000

Not sure what this is about

Tim Malloy on VLCA

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:27:26 +0000

Tim Malloy talks to Cliff Taylor about VLCA and primary care funding

Interview with Tim Malloy, RNZCGP

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:56:14 +0000

Dr Malloy has just been re-elected as president of the college

First Time: Using social media

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:14:07 +0000

Using social media by Jo Scott-Jones

First Time: Tips to stymie bad debt

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:09:57 +0000

By Jo Scott-Jones

Advertising

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:00:09 +0000

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FIRST TIME: Making more money

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:24:07 +0000

Jo Scott-Jones talks about ways of increasing your income

Developing a philosophy of care

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:50:45 +0000

A philosophy of care can be defined as the underlying theory or set of ideas that informs the values and choices that you use to help meet your patients’ needs

First time series: When the doctor gets sick

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:25:20 +0000

Jo Scott Jones has advice for health professionals when they become ill

Primary thinking: GPs need to engage with community

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:19:24 +0000

Northland Kyle Eggleton on GP action needed to alleviate inequity

Primary thinking: Satellite clinic in Tonga

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:43:24 +0000

The Tongan Health Society is looking into opening a satellite general practice in Tonga, in a bid to improve the health of Tongan immigrants before they arrive in New Zealand

Tax junk food, says weight-loss GP advocate

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:25:49 +0000

Anne-Thea McGill calls for the Government to subsidise whole foods and tax junk food to help scale back the obesity epidemic

Primary thinking: New ideas to meet health targets

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:14:02 +0000

Health Hawke’s Bay PHO chief executive Liz Stockley shares her thoughts in the New Zealand Doctor Primary Thinking series

Primary thinking: New ideas to meet health targets to help meet health targets

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:02:34 +0000

Health Hawke’s Bay PHO chief executive Liz Stockley shares her thoughts in the New Zealand Doctor Primary Thinking series

First time - Responsibility

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:46:31 +0000

Recalls, results and referrals: Three Rs that bring responsibility. Jo Scott-Jones discusses this

First time - Finances

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:42:39 +0000

Waiting for the end-of-year tax returns to assess your business’s performance is too late. Jo Scott-Jones suggests a better approach

First time - Disability allowance

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:29:31 +0000

First, some assumptions.

As 21st century doctors we have the privilege of working in a society where the scientific method is widely accepted as providing an indication of what is “true” and what is not. This is the basis of the social contract we have with our patients: we have the ability to filter out what is “true” and to share that with people.

First time - Professional conversation

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:05:20 +0000

It is hard to approach any colleague with advice on their clinical management, especially a senior one. Jo Scott-Jones suggests how to handle it

Primary thinking: Shelley Frost

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 20:47:19 +0000

Dr Malloy talks about strategies on how to change the perception of GPs in the health sector

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:09:43 +0000

RNZCGP president Tim Malloy is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, “Primary Thinking”. In a telephone interview, Dr Malloy talks about strategies on how to change the perception of GPs in the health sector as specialists. He also says the career structure of GPs need to evolve in scope and activity to improve GP career pathways, as well as calling for health resources to be targeted to bridge the equity gap between the haves and the have-nots.

Primary thinking: Mark Peterson

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 02:26:31 +0000

NZMA chair Mark Peterson is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, Primary Thinking

Soaring obesity prevalence is too rapid to be genetic

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 03:18:03 +0000

Jo Scott-Jones deliberates on how to raise obesity as an issue with patients who could benefit from some weight loss

Be clear on values, principles of an alliance before joining

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:45:10 +0000

Alliance contracting can be an unfamiliar model for those participating for the first time, as Jo Scott-Jones explains

Patients with personality disorders a special challenge

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:38:03 +0000

All GPs have patients whose personality adds to the difficulty of providing care. Jo Scott-Jones offers some advice, not least to consider the wellbeing of your team

FIRST TIME: Disability Allowance form is a chance to re-enable

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:36:31 +0000

If a cost, even outside of the sphere of healthcare, is directly related to a patient’s disability, Jo Scott-Jones says it should be considered when making an allowance application

Social media: it’s So ME, it could be so you, too

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:28:09 +0000

Jo Scott-Jones has some words of wisdom for health professionals taking their first plunge into the social media sea, and remembers a 40th birthday skinny dip

FIRST TIME: Unexplained symptoms need you to hear the patient’s story

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:21:32 +0000

A first visit of a patient with medically unexplained symptoms requires treading a fine line on many fronts. Jo Scott-Jones navigates the pitfalls

FIRST TIME: My family and other animals: carers’ emotion and control

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:04:10 +0000

Caregivers face many difficulties but, if they can develop awareness of how their reactions affect the patient, more helpful strategies are likely to result. Jo Scott-Jones finds animal analogies can get the message across

FIRST TIME: Avoid the potholes when assessing fitness to drive

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:59:27 +0000

The driving licence medical has its pitfalls whether you know the patient well or the patient is a complete stranger, as Jo Scott-Jones explains

FIRST TIME: How to Treat seaside issues

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:55:44 +0000

Jo Scott-Jones reflects on the beach, bach and beyond in a special Christmas podcast on How to Treat seaside issues

For many, the New Zealand Christmas holiday season involves at least one trip to the beach or back. Not everyone will have a disastrous coastal holiday experience but, as doctors – required to think comprehensively about the differential diagnosis – it does no harm to be prepared for the potential calamities of a coastal Christmas. This podcast by Opotoki GP Jo Scott-Jones takes a look at some common cases likely to come your way if anywhere near sand or surf.

FIRST TIME: Consent to prostate screening should not be just an option

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:48:29 +0000

Primary Thinking: Jonathan Simon

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 02:47:26 +0000

West Auckland GP Jonathan Simon is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, Primary Thinking.

Primary Thinking: Allan Moffitt

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:09:47 +0000

20 November 2013: Dr Moffitt is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, “Primary Thinking”. In an interview with Reynald Castaneda, Dr Moffitt talks about how co-payments are a barrier to healthcare for poor communities, shares his frustration on some DHBs’ lack of enthusiasm for Integrated Family Health Centres and why GPs should champion public access to general practice performance reviews.

First Time - Asthma

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:41:34 +0000

Jo Scott-Jones takes a First-Time look at the use of set pieces for asthma management to ensure a consistent approach from all practice staff

Primary Thinking: Talking fat

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:43:13 +0000

Tony Dowell, primary healthcare and general practice professor at the University of Otago, Wellington, is the latest to share his thoughts on the direction of primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series
Reynald Castaneda caught up with Professor Dowell at the Rotorua GP CME to discuss why GPs don’t talk to patients about their weight, his concerns over gastric bypass, and to provide his answers to our primary thinking questions.

Primary thinking: Lannes Johnson

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:04:27 +0000

Lannes Johnson, clinical director at Waitemata PHO, is the latest to share his thoughts on the direction of primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, Primary Thinking.

Dr Johnson discusses several projects he is working on to reduce health inequalities, the background role he played in getting the capitation system started and the big issues he sees ahead – namely, the need for those in charge to better understand primary care.

Dr Johnson says completing current projects, rather than throwing money at new initiatives, will ensure a strong primary care system in the future.

First time: More to it than Morris Dancing Feb 2011

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:48:07 +0000

Getting to grips with cultural competence

Primary thinking: Tim Kenealy

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:59:40 +0000

Counties Manukau GP researcher Tim Kenealy talks to New Zealand Doctor for our Primary Thinking podcast series. Dr Kenealy’s research interests are diabetes and long-term conditions. He is also currently an associate professor of integrated care at Auckland University and is the clinical lead for quality improvement in Counties Manukau localities

FIRST TIME - New practice

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:33:01 +0000

Primary Thinking: Jo Scott-Jones

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:23:58 +0000

Opotiki GP Jo Scott-Jones talks to New Zealand Doctor in the second in our ‘Primary Thinking’ podcast series. Dr Scott-Jones is the chair of the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network and gives us his views on where primary care in New Zealand is currently heading.

Primary Thinking: Bryn Jones

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:00:38 +0000

Hastings GP Bryn Jones, of Ngati Kahungunu, talks to New Zealand Doctor in the first in our Primary Thinking podcast series. Dr Jones chairs the RNZCGP Te Akoranga a Maui (Maori faculty) and is a director of Health Hawke’s Bay – Te Oranga Hawke’s Bay PHO.

They’re doing things differently in the Wairarapa

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:31:54 +0000

Much of the credit for bringing Wairarapa primary and secondary care closer together in the past few years is being given to the DHB’s chief executive, Tracey Adamson, who has just left to start a health consultancy. In this podcast, Ms Adamson talks to Virginia McMillan about how the Wairarapa health system, particularly the primary and community sector, changed under her watch.

No need to grieve, Prof Berwick says

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 20:20:51 +0000

Lucy Ratcliffe spoke to former president of the US Institute of Healthcare Innovation Don Berwick at the 2012 Conference for General Practice

RNZCGP president Harry Pert on career progression, off-putting advice for young doctors and more

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:13:52 +0000

Katie Marriner interviewed RNZCGP president Harry Pert after his presentation at the APAC Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare in Auckland in September

Podcast - The first time - Smoking Cessation

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:39:18 +0000

Podcast - The first time - Patient Centred Medicine

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:31:48 +0000

Podcast - The first time - Check-up

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:19:16 +0000

Taima Campbell reflects on a decade at Auckland DHB

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:12:13 +0000

After a decade as director of nursing at Auckland DHB, Taima Campbell left the role in April. In this New Zealand Doctor podcast, Katie Marriner asks Ms Campbell what some of her achievements were at the DHB.

Expert wants sedentary Kiwis to “get moving”

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:08:40 +0000

The health risks of sitting should make GPs sit up and take notice, says a visiting UK sport, exercise and health professor. Reporter Virginia McMillan interviews Loughborough University's Stuart Biddle about his work on sedentary behaviour.

New Zealand Doctor journalist Lucy Ratcliffe talks to Dr Rudd about health literacy and what GPs can do to help

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:42:37 +0000

Rima Rudd, a senior lecturer on society, human development and health at Harvard University in the US, was in Auckland last month for New Zealand’s first every health literacy conference. New Zealand Doctor journalist Lucy Ratcliffe talks to Dr Rudd about health literacy and what GPs can do to help

Louis Francescutti podcast

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:56:16 +0000

Louis Francescutti, injury prevention advocate and president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, recently visited New Zealand as part of ACC’s falls prevention project, Idea Nation. In this podcast, New Zealand Doctor reporter Katie Marriner asks Dr Franscutti what sparked his interest in injury prevention and what GPs can do to help.

The vulnerability of patients with complex needs

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:27:29 +0000

Katie Marriner interviews UK health leader, Nuffield Trust policy head Judith Smith

An interview with Paul Hunt, who was the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health from 2002 to 2008

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:07:07 +0000

Paul Hunt was the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health from 2002 to 2008.

Katie Marriner asks him about his work in the role, including his investigation into whether pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has a responsibility under the right to the highest attainable standard of health.

Podcast - The first time - Genital warts

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:44:27 +0000

The first time a patient asks you about genital warts...

First, congratulate yourself on being the sort of person the patient has the confidence to talk to about something he or she probably finds quite embarrassing.

GPs set to tighten up medical certificate practice: ACC

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:33:16 +0000

GPs set to tighten up medical certificate practice: ACC

Katie Marriner talks to ACC's Kevin Morris

When it’s best to divorce a patient

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:44:05 +0000

When it’s best to divorce a patient
Jo Scott-Jones

Podcast - The first time - How to break bad news gently

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:39:53 +0000

Podcast - The first time - How to break bad news gently. By Jo Scott-Jones

Wellington GP and researcher Ben Gray talks to New Zealand Doctor

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:28:00 +0000

Wellington GP and researcher Ben Gray talks to New Zealand Doctor reporter Virginia McMillan about the health inequity in the care of people with limited understanding of English.

Bev O’Keefe’s thoughts on the recent Conference for General Practice

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:37:17 +0000

General Practice NZ chair Bev O’Keefe’s thoughts on the recent Conference for General Practice

RNZCGP president Harry Pert on college finances, GP training and the recent Conference for General Practice

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:18:39 +0000

RNZCGP president Harry Pert on college finances, GP training and the recent Conference for General Practice

Podcast - The first time you see a patient with an early pregnancy bleeding...

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:09:35 +0000

The first time you see a patient with an early pregnancy bleeding...

Government funding for the Growing Up in New Zealand study

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:56:35 +0000

Labour deputy leader Annette King quizzes Social Development Minister Paula Bennett in Parliament this afternoon, on Government funding for the Growing Up in New Zealand study

Pacific nations on child health

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:13:44 +0000

The association’s chief executive Debbie Sorensen explains why these topics are of such concern in the Pacific region and
how the conference addressed workforce and resource challenges.

Chief coroner Neil MacLean to comment on suicide data

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:06:54 +0000

Helen Tatham asks chief coroner Neil MacLean to comment on latest trends revealed by latest New Zealand suicide data

Podcast from Mr Macaskill-Smith, chief executive of Midlands Health Network

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:38:33 +0000

First time - Hypoactive sexual desire disorder

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:33:53 +0000

Sir Muir Gray

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:03:30 +0000

Lucy Ratcliffe interviews UK health leader Sir Muir Gray

Institute for Healthcare Improvement president Maureen Bisognano

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:57:53 +0000

Lucy Ratcliffe interviews Maureen Bisognano

Interview with Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:29:35 +0000

Katie Marriner caught up with Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill about patient-centred care at the Ko Awatea Colloquium at Middlemore in June

It's got to be free and easy : Tony Dowell

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:43:54 +0000

Interview with Grant Robertson - June 2011

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:30:25 +0000

Amanda Cameron talks to the new Labour health spokesperson about the Opposition's plans for health

Interview with Tony Ryall - June 2011

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:59:58 +0000

Amanda Cameron questions the health minister about the Government's health policies

First time - Facing your first ethical dilemma

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:02:13 +0000

Difficult ethical questions arise more often in medicine than the general public realises. It's also difficult to discuss in a mere 1000 words a subject that supports university departments and generates hundreds of textbooks. However, never one to avoid a challenge...

Angry patient wrangling an art

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:20:46 +0000

How to say no to angry patients

Australian and UK surveys reveal that between 33 and 64 per cent of GPs report at least one incidence of violence occurring at their workplace every year.

First time - When sleep doesn't come so easily

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:58:50 +0000

The first time a patient complains of poor sleep ask four simple questions

Are Maori "hard to reach" or are health services "hard to use"?

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:49:33 +0000

Pharmac's Marama Parore talks to New Zealand Doctor Wellington correspondent Virginia McMillan about changing our ways to serve Maori better

First time - Drug abusers probe for soft targets

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:11:23 +0000

Drug abuse in New Zealand is a major cause of disability for individuals, their families and the whole of society.

First Time - More to it than Morris Dancing

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:46:26 +0000

The key to cultural competence lies in being genuinely interested in what is important to other people; being open enough to hear and respect the values and preferences of the person you are with.

First time – Your first call to an in-flight emergency

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:26:31 +0000

With more than two billion people flying every year on commercial airlines, it is surprising more of us have not had that sinking feeling when the steward's voice asks "is there a doctor on the plane?" So, it is worth being prepared for the call of duty.

First time - It takes planning to survive a disaster

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:21:00 +0000

"The difference between panic and performance is planning." "Readiness, Response, Recovery, Risk Reduction." Civil defence information is full of such vacuous aphorisms, but when tectonic push comes to shove, as it did on 4 September in Canterbury, "people with a plan perform".

First time - Pick up the pieces at a road accident

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:54:16 +0000

Jo Scott-Jones

Driving is dangerous, although it is usually the stopping bit that causes most problems, particularly if it is not planned. There are around 11,000 injury crashes a year in New Zealand and it is almost inevitable you will be the first on the scene of one at least once in your medical career.

Marc Shaw on Afghanistan – February 2011

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:36:36 +0000

Amanda Cameron interviews Auckland travel doctor Marc Shaw about his recent three-month stint in Afghanistan with the New Zealand Defence Force

First Time - Your first patient sexual attraction

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:13:58 +0000

Social scientists exploring relationships between providers and customers talk about "emotional labour" - the work involved in making people feel comfortable and welcomed.

First Time - Face-to-face with your first suicidal patient

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:58:21 +0000

One of the joys of general practice is that you never know what the next patient will bring in through the door. Even some of the possibly life-threatening complaints they present with, such as chest pain or severe acute headache, can be caused by quite benign conditions.

Making public health count

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:48:38 +0000

Not content with having convinced politicians to subsidise home insulation, Philippa Howden-Chapman wants to know whether home heating might ease Maori women's heavy COPD burden.

First Time - First complaint, action carefully

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:17:05 +0000

To begin with, if you receive a complaint - don't panic! If your practice never hears a complaint, you are not the best GP in the world; it means you are not listening. People complain about services for many reasons and it is rare to find someone who simply enjoys complaining; mostly it is a hard decision which takes a lot of courage.

First Time - Death

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:07:29 +0000

In the community, you may experience sudden death through violence, accident or self harm, or the expected death of someone frail or chronically ill, perhaps after months of palliative care.

Interview with David Dalley

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:36:39 +0000

Wellington correspondent Virginia McMillan interviews Australian oncologist David Dalley on developments in the treatment of neck and head cancer (25 min)

First time - Taking on first leadership role

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:14:36 +0000

Clinical leadership is not just a current buzzword, but an essential part of the role of the doctor within healthcare. As medical training moves forward, there is a progressive increase in responsibility for the emerging practitioner. This allows the gradual development of essential skills needed to become a good team member, and, eventually, a leader. Whether we like it or not, we are the leaders in our clinical teams....

First Time - Plan your journey and your destination

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:08:35 +0000

If you don't know where you are going, it really doesn't matter what direction you choose to travel in - it is likely you won't get anywhere very far. The journey certainly is more important than the destination, but as a journey implies moving from one place to another it is helpful to plan how you are going to get where you want to go....

First time - Pass on knowledge with satisfaction

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:19:56 +0000

Pass on knowledge with satisfaction 14 July 2010

If your practice has never taken students, it is time to ask why. Teaching is not only rewarding professionally, it is part of the fundamental definition of being a professional...

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Episode 33: System Fix: Episode 29 - New year, new minister

Episode 32: System Fix: Episode 28 - PSAAP and the making of a PHO contract

Episode 31: System Fix: Episode 27 - Like a reheated burger

Episode 30: Waiting for COVID by Lucy O’Hagan

Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Hand-arm vibration

Episode 30: Educate Long Read: Full-body vibration

Episode 29: System Fix: Episode 26 - Unwinding health reforms

Episode 28: System Fix: Episode 25 - From Little to Reti in 2023

Episode 27: Educate Long Read: The Arms Act - an explainer for healthcare professionals

Episode 26: Long Read: Episode 2 - The Bourne Identity: GP to CMO (Joe Bourne)

Episode 25: Long Read: Episode 1 - Winners are grinners: Lloyd McCann

Episode 24: System Fix: Episode 24 - Chatting with Abbe Anderson

Episode 23: System Fix: Episode 23 - It looked okay on a whiteboard - hearing from Rob Campbell

Episode 22: System Fix: Episode 22 - New Year, new minister, and more

Episode 21: System Fix: Episode 21 - Talking about Iwi Māori Partnership Boards

Episode 20: System Fix: Episode 20 - Rob Campbell and 1 July

Episode 19: System Fix: Episode 19 - Almost there

Episode 18: System Fix: Episode 18 - All about localities

Episode 17: System Fix: Episode 17 - Summer progress report

Episode 16: System Fix: Episode 16 - And that was 2021

Episode 15: System Fix: Episode 15 - The minister tabled a bill

Episode 14: System Fix: Episode 14 - On holding true, the guys from TU

Episode 13: System Fix: Episode 13 - It doesn't happen by magic

Episode 1: Talking with Andrew Little - 6 August 2021

Episode 12: System Fix: Episode 12 - Where are we?

Episode 11: System Fix: Episode 11 - Talking with Kim Gosman

Episode 10: System Fix: Episode 10 - Rural sojourn

Episode 9: System Fix: Episode 9 - The Budget, go figure

Episode 8: System Fix: Episode 8 - The big reveal

Episode 7: System Fix: Episode 7 - Pondering DHBs and Health NZ

Episode 6: System Fix: Episode 6 - On professional capture of change...and more

Episode 5: System Fix: Episode 5 - What's happening out there?

Episode 4: System Fix: Episode four - Time tables, game changers, power plays

Episode 3: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 3 - Interview with health minister Andrew Little

Episode 2: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 2 - What next for disability services?

Episode 1: SYSTEM FIX: Episode 1 - Getting started

PRIMARY VOICES: With Orna McGinn

PRIMARY THINKING: With Vanessa Weenink

David Clark talks primary care

David Haslam the second

David Haslam the first

The $18 GP fee

Dave Gerrard

Tim Malloy on VLCA

Interview with Tim Malloy, RNZCGP

Sponsored Podcast: Nutrition in the first 1000 days

First Time: Using social media

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Advertising

FIRST TIME: Making more money

Developing a philosophy of care

First time series: When the doctor gets sick

Primary thinking: GPs need to engage with community

Primary thinking: Satellite clinic in Tonga

Tax junk food, says weight-loss GP advocate

Primary thinking: New ideas to meet health targets

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First time - Responsibility

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First time - Professional conversation

Primary thinking: Shelley Frost

Dr Malloy talks about strategies on how to change the perception of GPs in the health sector

Primary thinking: Mark Peterson

Soaring obesity prevalence is too rapid to be genetic

Be clear on values, principles of an alliance before joining

Patients with personality disorders a special challenge

FIRST TIME: Disability Allowance form is a chance to re-enable

Social media: it’s So ME, it could be so you, too

FIRST TIME: Unexplained symptoms need you to hear the patient’s story

FIRST TIME: My family and other animals: carers’ emotion and control

FIRST TIME: Avoid the potholes when assessing fitness to drive

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