NZ Dr Columns Archives
Feb 13 NZ Dr Column - Lost Opportunities
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Call me a dreamer, but I think there must have been a better way...
13/02/2008
Dec 05 NZ Dr Column - The Year That Was
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Last week in Hobart, members of the IPAC Executive joined...
05/12/2007
Nov 07 NZ Dr Column - Implementation Destined to Fail
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Several years ago I attended a Pegasus Health AGM...
07/11/2007
Oct 11 NZ Dr Column - All that Glitters is Not Gold
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At a press confernce last week...
11/10/2007
Sept 12 NZ Dr Column - A Day of Study: Accountability and Complexity of General Practice
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Yesterday I spent the first day of Spring studying...
12/09/2007
Aug 07 NZ Dr Column - OGP & Tribalism
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August is often a reflective month...
07/08/2007
Jul 17 NZ Dr Column - Mischevious Moves by Nurse Authors.
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Last Monday was a great day in general practice...
17/07/2007
May 20 NZ Dr Column - We need "High trust, low bureaucracy.
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Few things help an individual more...
21/06/2007
May 05 NZ Dr Column - It's a simple theory.
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I am writing this column, as IPAC Chair Bev O'Keefe...
23/05/2007
Apr 17 NZ Dr Column - Consultation: The New Phenomenon in Health.
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Thrust into the spotlight by the recent Auckland laboratory High Court...
17/04/2007
Mar 19 NZ Dr Column - De-mystifying the PSAAP Process.
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Ask any GP about the business of IPAC, and the likely...
19/03/2007
Feb 18 NZ Dr Column - General Practice Leadership.
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General Practice leadership is again under the spotlight...
18/02/2007
Jan 23 NZ Dr Column - PHO Performance or Governance of General Practice?
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2007 has arrived. Hopefully locums materialized, and you enjoyed...
23/01/2007
Nov 29 NZ Dr Column - Study Tour Reveals a Dash of IT Envy.
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Below is Dr Bev O'Keefe's first NZ Dr Column as IPAC's new Chair. The piec...
06/12/2006
NZ Dr Column August 2006 - NO HARLEYS ON THE DANCE FLOOR THIS YEAR!
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Are you tired of the daily grind? Does your enthusiasm for working in gene...
14/08/2006
NZ Dr Column June 06.
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Health Politics is a Team Sport...
15/06/2006
Curtains for the Helen & Michael Show
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Given that it is not that very long since the IPAC conference...
13/07/2005
How about we all stick to fee policy
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It is disappointing to IPAC that the fees general practices...
23/05/2005
DHBs must step up to mark for PHOs
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District Health Boards have been established for some time...
18/05/2005
A rose by any other name
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How easy it is to be partisan...
01/12/2004
Round the clock service going in circles
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In his latest New Zealand Doctor column, entitled: "ROUND THE CLOCK SERVICE...
06/10/2004
IPAC Delivering
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It's 12 months since I took on the rle of IPAC chair...
03/11/2004
Physicians Know Thyself
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In a constanlty shifting health sector landscape...
08/09/2004
Report Sound a Warning for PHOs
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The implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy...
03/10/2004
Conference Highlights Gain in OGP
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on 14-15 May 2004 in Rotorua, IPAC is hosting...
25/02/2004
The Challenges Ahead: A Message from Outgoing Chairman, Paul McCormack.
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Paul McCormack steps down as founding Chairman of IPAC. His outgoing messa...
29/09/2003
Ministry contracting process flawed - NZ Doctor Viewpoint.
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IPAC Deputy Chair, Doug Baird, despairs of the Ministry contracting process...
27/02/2003
May you live in interesting times - NZ Doctor Viewpoint.
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Opinion piece in NZ Doctor by IPAC Chair, Dr. Paul McCormack...
09/10/2002