The increase of vaccine hesitancy caused by misinformation about the safety of the COVID vaccine is frustrating, and needs to stop, says Dr Bryan Betty, medical director at The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. General practitioners .
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is delighted to congratulate their President, Dr Samantha Murton, on being appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 2021 Queens Birthday honours. Dr Samantha Murton Dr .
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:15 pm Not surprised but with glimmers of hope is how the
President of The Royal New Zealand College of General
Practitioners has described her reaction to today’s Budget
2021.
There is no direct funding for general practice
and primary health care, despite the majority of health
happening in the community and the country’s general
practitioners stepping up to defend New Zealand against
COVID-19 on top of their regular health work. Of
course, I am disappointed that the ongoing issues with
general practice and the health system, which we have
well-documented and been vocal about, have not been
Friday, 2 April 2021, 2:39 pm
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
has today released the results of its biennial Workforce
Survey showing that changes need to be made at a Government
level to ensure the sustainability of community medicine in
New Zealand. See the Workforce Survey: https://tinyurl.com/2020WorkforceSurvey
Aging
and retirement intentions
The College has previously
highlighted the serious issue of burnout amongst GPs and
rural hospital doctors with the Workforce Survey showing
that burnout levels were at 31 percent in 2020, up from 22
percent in 2016. That coupled with the numbers of GPs who
intend to retire in the next five years (31 percent) and
Monday, 15 March 2021, 11:27 am
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is
today praising a change by the Government that will allow
overseas-trained doctors to work in New Zealand more
easily.
On Saturday, Immigration New Zealand removed
the visa exemption expiry date for critical health care
workers (like GPs) to get into the country. That means there
are now fewer barriers to welcoming highly trained
specialists into the New Zealand GP workforce.
College
President Dr Samantha Murton said, This is a major win for
our GP clinics across New Zealand who are struggling to
recruit enough doctors. Now with greater certainty at