When you send a patient to hospital acutely, do you tell them they are being sent for specialist assessment, or that they are being admitted?....

There is now an e-Referral for both medical and surgical terminations. The medical terminations are available via Tauranga Family Planning and this is stated on the e-Referral as below.....

Patient portals are creating some challenges for us in terms of ensuring good communication with patients.....

Doctors as well as practice nurses can now refer any patient with poor strength and balance, or anyone who is at risk of falling, to low-cost ‘Keep on your Feet’ community classes.....

This will Go Live on the 16th November in Best Practice.  The e-Referral will allow us to write an referral letter direct to the Sexual Health service via the usual process.....

Let’s be honest . . . in the real world it’s actually quite hard to have a BUILD conversation, regardless of whether you’re the initiator or the recipient. That’s probably why these are called ‘difficult conversations’!....

The following decisions have recently been published on the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) website: ....